What is Wrong With Society

Trayvon Martin was a normal kid; he had friends and a loving family. One night, he was walking from the convenience store carrying a soda and skittles––he was wearing a black hoodie–– when Mr. Zimmerman shot and killed him. George Zimmerman claimed the unarmed teenager looked suspicious and that he was acting in self-defense. Prejudice is evident in today's society. Trayvon Martin didn’t deserve to be killed based on a prejudice. Society needs to stop judging based on appearances, because eventually our prejudice will lead to injustice; when we act based on our suspicion and our fear of the unknown––like Mr. Zimmerman–– we make irremediable mistakes.

I think that individuals have the responsibility to stand up for the cause they believe in. Everyone has the right to feel safe––and in cases like this––you wonder where our justice is gone, when the police’s good judgment seems to be absent in our present day life. I can relate this to when NYPD gave advice to women so they wouldn’t get sexually harassed, “Women shouldn’t wear short skirts because they could get raped”

This shows that we live in a society that teaches women how not to get raped instead of teaching men NOT to rape? Society, are you going to teach us how not to get killed by not wearing hoodies in the night? I wonder, are you going to teach us how NOT to get killed by not wearing hoodies in the night?

In Martin’s case I believe gender stereotype played a big role. Young, black guy, walking in the in the night: Mr. Zimmerman misjudged this innocent civilian, and took his life. Society today lives with hate. Hate is a disease; it pervades the minds of people and when we act upon it we make mistakes. Today this man is not behind bars, you can call it corruption and injustice; if the policemen are not fair, whom can we trust? They make sure all of us follow the law, but they aren’t following it. If we can’t trust them, whom can we trust?