I recently had a conversation with an old friend of mine about the horrible things that have been happening around the world. We were catching up with each other when he told me he has been more annoyed than doing well. When I asked what he was annoyed with, this was his response,

"People in general, I've been watching the news and I see how the world works. I was watching a bunch of videos on YouTube on the feminist movement and it said they consider "every white man to be sexist, racist, misogynistic, ableist." Also, how the black lives matter movement, not all of them, are using double standards and saying it's OK for them to do it and how they should kill white people. Stuff like this I've taken a passion to learn and discuss about."

Although I did not agree with every statement that my friend made, I tried to respond with courtesy. "Well, it's great that you're getting informed and involved. There are horrible people in the world who do horrible things for unjustified reasons. People wish for world peace and say that we live in a free country but don't have much to show for it. I love my country and would do anything to defend it but we don't stand together equally. I don't think that African Americans get treated equally and neither do women. Racism and sexual discrimination is still a problem in our country. It did not disappear after the Civil Right Movement or the Equal Rights Amendment. There are still racist people who will judge them before getting to know them. Although not everyone thinks like that, there are good people in the world, but with all the bad that is being done today you don't get to see the good."

This world has lost too many innocent people because of someone else's wrong doings. We must reinforce protocols on our police systems and have more of an open mind when looking into situations. Yes, there have been cops that have made wrong decisions but that does not mean every cop you come across is a bad person who will make the same wrong decision. We can not generalize any "group of people" as all being the same. Not all African Americans, Caucasians, Christians, Muslims, cops, etc. have the same outlook on others and on life. We need to learn that you do not know anyone until you get to know them.