Stereotyping

Can you believe that stereotyping and racism have yet to end? Because I can. Seventeen years of age, black hoodie, and a pair of sneakers. Only carrying a bag of candy and a can of tea. Some stereotype him. Why? Because he’s targeted by America. A bystander think he’s vulgar and violent. And calls those who would tell the kid he had “the right to remain silent.” The watchman thinks “this” and “that” about the young man. But underneath his outward appearance lies his powerful perseverance. And his so-called “suspicious actions” goes under a slight disappearance. He could’ve been the nicest individual, but it no longer matters. He’s gone. Simply for the fact that he was stereotyped. The bystander took a single glance and made his own assumption. “Opinions over facts” was his mindset. It is impossible to stop people from stereotyping, but it does not hurt to try. From now on, everyone’s confession should be they have a crazy obsession where they make hasty expressions and judge from their first impression. But you should stop and question if your words have discretion to avoid others’ depression but rather lead to progression and eventually to the compression, of stereotyping. Racial profiling will never be justified. Justice for Trayvon Martin.