The lifestyles the celebrities of this generation have us looking up to are steering us in the wrong direction. Instead, they should start advocating for social justice and participating in more organizations that help to better black culture. We need to get information and take a second to stop following celebrities for what they have. Stop basing our lives on spending money on the latest fashion. Instead, come together and help make America Great, leave the again out because America was never great. America is filled with politics, racism, inequality, unjust deaths, and sadness. Both articles; Excerpt From Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates and The Persuasive Essay The Culture of Celebrity Worship, both the idea that we are faced with difficulty in real life and that celebrities have a platform they can use to make a difference in the world. I can just imagine if we came together! We could really build a great America for our youth. If we dont fight to stop the corrup
t ways of the world then there will be no hope for the youth.
We need to recognize the injustice that exists in the world we live in today. Its always been a lingering sadness of African Americans reality. Nevertheless, this quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates says it all. And it is so easy to look away, to live with the fruits of our history, and to ignore the great evil done in all of our names. But you and I have never truly had that luxury. I think you know. We are still faced with so many unjust crimes towards us because of the color of our skin. From the week we all learned that the killers of Michael Brown would go free, to the unfortunate event of Eric Garner being choked to death for selling cigarettes; John Crawford being shot down for browsing in a department store, and Renisha Mcbride being shot for seeking help. There are so many more horrible events I could sit here and list. Besides if I was to list them all it would probably take me longer to do that than write this paper.