Tupac Speech

Changes: Somewhere, Somehow, Something Went Wrong
The current state of social affairs for Black men in America are highly reminiscent of Tupac’s song Changes in that somewhere, somehow, something has fallen out of kilter within our society, that was founded on justice, giving us the volatile experiences of Black men today. Recently, the city of Ferguson has become much more than just a place in Missouri due to the 2014 murder of Michael Brown, a recent high school graduate who was fatally shot by Officer Darren Wilson. Initially, there were riots, and marches, and protests denouncing the continuous killings on Black males by White cops. I was personally intrigued by the outcry over the injustices, but I readily criticized the movement for not equally addressing violence between Black males too. A Black life taken is a Black life taken no matter who pulls the trigger. Tupac also called attention to this violence in his song that was released, ironically, after he was gunned down. The song posits that there is a system at play within America that puts Black men at a disadvantage economically, socially, and

Socrates believed that the auxiliary and guardians should be able to distinguish friend from foe. Aristotle took up this very topic in his prose as well. Aristotle starts by saying that the establishment of friendship allows a person to think and act appropriately. He advises that “when men [individuals] are friends they have no need for justice” because to be friends means to have enough compassion for each other that injustice would not seep into the relationship. Aristotle proceeds to layout what he believes are the three types of friendships that exist by first saying what friendship is not. He says that people have love for inanimate objects, but this is not mutual love and therefore cannot be a