Essay On African American Violence

It’s no secret that America is no stranger to violence considering the fact that violence is omnipresent in human history, particularly in the United States towards African Americans. Violence towards African Americans dates all the way back to the 17th century when approximately 12 million African women, men, and children were shipped from their African homelands to America. They were forced to work under harsh conditions on plantations by white European settlers. Africans were kidnapped and sold into slavery and were subject to abuse and punishment. The 13th amendment, which officially ended slavery, wasn't ratified until December 6th, 1865. The violence inflicted upon Africans had such a large impact that the fear of oppression exists within

We asked ten years ago. We was asking with the Panthers. We was asking with them, the Civil Rights Movement. We was asking. Those people that asked are dead and in jail. So now what do you think we're gonna do? Ask?” ("Tupac Amaru Shakur Speaks The Truth,” 2016). Before the death of Michael Brown and the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement, America was already buzzing about violence, racism, and police brutality towards African Americans. The tragedies of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Jordan Davis spread across media and social networks like wildfire and triggered the conversations revolving around violence against African Americans. Tupac’s words to this very day are still relevant to America because they bring us to question how one should deal with violent tendencies. It is the answer to this question that distinguishes whether or not certain type of violence are right or wrong. The Gospel of Matthew, The Cow, and Bhagavad Gita all provides different perspectives on how one should address the issue of violence, but ultimately teaches readers that it’s best to suppress violent