Recently, a video has been uploaded to YouTube capturing the events of a middle-aged African American woman - who eventually was identified as Shania Bryant - assaulting a young girl and her little brother. The context as to why this occurred has not been revealed as of yet, but, regardless of what it is, is it honestly justifiable towards attacking kids? There are may things that are disturbing about his video - the actual event, the cheering spectators, and it being recorded for amusement. I have linked the video here. Viewer discretion is advised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOFzXZtj9IY
[Note: The video may be taken down later on like many others due to a violation of terms and services. There are multiple other sources publicly available.]
Before going into what I'd like to discuss, I would like to point out that, since this video's upload, several hundred people are now on the initiative to see that the woman beating the children will be put to prison. They have even attained her home addresses, Facebook, etc. It goes to show how a riled up force on the Internet can achieve so much against certain things. Not to take this lightly or sarcastically as this has been proven effective on multiple occasions.
In class, we have discussed race crimes several times over - like the events at Ferguson, for example. We have gotten deep into the fight of "whites against blacks" and have mentioned "blacks against whites" from time to time usually to remind ourselves that it's not just one targeted at another. The video I provided was not only to garner attention towards this event, but to provide as an example of blacks against whites. I would like that it not put the whole African American race into a negative light, but to unveil one of the many racist crime acts that occur today. One of many that people like to ignore.
Regardless of race, ethnicity, etc, hate crime is inexcusable. One instance should not overshadow another depending on the race - all issues must come to light. Although, today's media broadcast through television could care any less. As a result, most people tend to overlook black against white hate crimes. The only time it would be remembered would be through ideas of African Americans being violent conceived through thoughts racial and stereotypical thoughts. However, such issues are gaining a reputation on the Internet hoping to cover all instances of hate crimes which is a good thing. Reflecting on these issues, good ideas to discuss would be "Why are hate crimes occurring?", "Why is the media ignoring certain issues?", "Why is America called a place of equality and freedom when people today are battered and bloodied by racism, prejudice, and social tension?"
