By Amelia Reynoso 

 As a 16-year-old hispanic student, I want to tell you about my feelings about this Black Lives Matter movement and the way all minorities are treated by the police. As I said, I am hispanic, which as known is a minority. You may ask why I’m calling myself a minority, and it’s because it’s the truth in this day in age.

George Floyd, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, and Freddie Gray were also  minorities. I’ve never met these people but I have heard of them and so have millions of other minorities across this country. These are just some of the cases of police brutality, and racism across this country. 

Now, when is it that we say that enough is enough? See that’s the thing “white” people in power seem to think, that this is normal and that it hasn’t been enough. However, I am tired and so are many people around this country about hearing about all of this and how it seems to be like nobody cares. It seems to be like not one person in power currently cares about people like me, my friends, or my family. I’m scared that one day I’m going to lose someone I care about due to racism. This country instead of advancing is regressing. 

It’s the year 2020 and instead of accepting everyone for who they are, people like Derek Chauvin think it’s okay to put their knees on someone’s neck and suffocate them because of how they look. It’s finally time for everyone including white people, the privileged, to speak up about this.

Apparently, “minorities” who have been doing it for years just isn’t enough. The president, instead of trying to dial down the situations, hides in his bunker. He also calls mayors and governors weak because they are letting people peacefully protest. Now, there are some people that are looting and that is not okay. However, we as a country must come together to help it become better. Let’s have blacks, whites, hispanics, muslims, and everyone else all come together to change the perspective of the American promise.