Recently I found an article written on August 1st of this year that was more than a bit concerning. Being in a Catholic school we all know the 10 Commandments. The Sixth Commandment states "thou shalt not kill". Now, Catholic or not it is common sense that in our society murder is both morally wrong and illegal.
However, one man by the name of Walton Henry Butler did not feel he did anything wrong when he shot Everett Gant due to the fact that Gant was a Black-American. When questioned by the police Butler admitted to shooting Gant but acted as if he had done nothing wrong.
How did he defend his actions? By stating that he "only shot a [racial slur]"
Even though Butler did in fact kill a man... he didn't think it was a big deal since the man was black. Granted, if he was a white man I would assume that Butler would be far more sympathetic when describing his actions. In fact, I believe this incident would have never even happened if Gant was white. Do you?
Read The Article Here!
:O Oh geeze, that's terrible! Honestly, people can be so racist, I highly doubt that Grant would have been murdered if his skin color was different or a litter shade.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.spectrezine.org/content/croatias-racist-state-people-colour-not-welcome-even-if-theyre-passing-through
This site is basically saying how Croatia isn't allowing any Africans into their country. Everything that people of color have to still experience, such as racism against them, not being able to travel etc. is immoral:\
That is absolutely insane. I cannot believe they would actually remove Asian and African tourists! This may be just be our reaction since we have grown up in a country where people of different cultures are to be treated equally. The people of Croatia may not react the same way that we do because they are used to this treatment of people of different cultures. However, no matter what, I feel that all people should be treated equally and I wish the Croatian Government would do so.
DeleteThis is really awful! I can't believe that some people would view other human beings that way just because they're a different race.
ReplyDeleteThis is so depressing to read about a harmless man killed not for his actions or words, but for his skin color. Also, this article stood out to me due to how Walter referred to Everett, using a racial slur. Racist name calling provokes stereotypes that need to be stopped.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0udzl4lpYcc
This video depicts a better picture of how these hurtful comments only lead others feeling worthless.
WOW! That is absolutely ridiculous! How could an employee ever do that to a customer?! One thing I did notice was how the on scene reporter was black as well. Any reporter could have been on the scene for this specific incident, however a black man was used. I think this was done to show how he could relate to the story by being offended by the term.
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