The Equal Protection Clause is a part of the Fourteenth Amendment in the United states constitution, which took its effect in the late 1860’s. The point of this Clause was to guarantee equal rights and equal protection to all citizens. There are various opinions on the matter, whether it is right or wrong, useful or useless, etc. Everybody has different ideas but my opinion is that it is totally useless.
1. Act – If you want “change” then you have to do something. Be an upstander, not a bystander.
2. Join – Find allies to help create groups, clubs, and movements against bullying.
3. Support – To make the change we must support victims of bullying so they know that they are not alone.
4. Speak up – It is our job to speak up and denounce bullying.
5. Learn – Another key part in fighting against hate is staying educated; so do your research on the topic.
6. Create alternatives – Try your best to hold in your anger and always choose the best, most peaceful way through something.
7. Have a good leader – The leaders are the most important part of the group, so they should be chosen accordingly. He should know what he is doing.
8. Dedication – Dedication is one of the most important things, and it is what causes people to fight back in the first place.
9. Teach tolerance– People must be patient and tolerate while handling certain situations.
10. Look inside yourself – If you know yourself then you will better understand others.
Four suspects in Chicago are currently facing charges for the hate crime after torturing an 18-year-old mentally disabled man, in a live video broadcast on Facebook.
In the live video, the man’s wrists are bound together and his mouth is taped shut. While he is captive the four suspects shout racial slurs, slice his clothes with a knife, and was even force him to kneel down and drink water from the toilet. Someone also tapped cigarette ashes on an open wound on the man’s head. In one part of the footage someone is shouting “f- – – white people” and “f- – – Donald Trump”. It is said that he was not targeted for being white but for being mentally disturbed.
Daryl Davis is an American musician, actor, and — you guessed it — a lecturer who deals with racism. Davis has been working to improve race relations, engage in dialogue, and befriend members of the KKK for over 30 years.
It all started in 1983 when he was playing Western music in a white bar, and a patron came up to him and said it was the first time he “heard a black man play as well as Jerry Lee Lewis.”
Davis explained to the man that “Jerry Lee Lewis learned to play from black blues and boogie woogie piano players and he’s a friend of mine.” The man then slowly got closer to Davis and over a drink he admitted that he was a member of the KKK. The two men eventually became friends and the man gave him contact information on KKK leaders.
A few years later, Davis decided to interview Klan members and write a book on the subject. One of the motivation for Davis to write such a book is to find a question that lingered in his head since his childhood: “Why do you hate me if you know nothing about me?” This was a question that was left unanswered during his youth.
He once had a meeting with the Grand Dragon of the KKK in Maryland, Roger Kelly, where he told the secretary to conceal his race when he was arranging the meeting. The meeting took place at a motel, to where Kelly arrived with an armed bodyguard. Davis later became friends with the man.
From that moment on, Davis befriended and convinced 200 KKK members to give up their robes, chronicling many of these episodes in his numerous books.