Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Walking in someone else's shoes....

Who are we? Who are people to judge others and what they do? Who are we to be stereotypical of others races, religions, and cultural backgrounds? The reason I am asking these questions is because on Christmas Eve, a 19 year old African American female was shot in the head at the Legacy in Roselawn. On the news, the stroy was blown up into so many different stories that were far from the truth. My brother was at the Legacy on Christmas Eve, and he told a completely different story. The media reported that there was alcohol being served at that party, but the owners of Legacy said that was a lie, it was a teen party, so if you were not in High School, you were not being let in. They were doing everything to make sure that the party was safe for the people who actually made it in the party. The Police's general description of the shooter was an teen African American male. First, that is very stereotypical, just because a good portion of the students who attended that party were teens and African Americans does not mean the girl was actually shot by a Teen African American male because she was not in high school, she was probabaly all ready graduated and she wasn't actually shot inside of the Legacy, some news say she was shot down the street and Legacy's name was just thrown in. This upset me because we live in a stereotypical city, when I say that I don't mean that every single person in this city is a stereotype but as a whole we judge people on their race, religion, or ethnical background, especially in crimes. So why do we do this......well it just makes our goverment officials job easier, they can just pin a crime on someone and their job is over. But you voting citzens of Cincinnati can't be mad.....you voted for them.

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