Black Lives Matter

There has been some awful things going on in America lately. It's at least once a week we wake up to news of another shooting/massacre, like the Orlando shooting, happening somewhere over there and it sadly becomes the norm. But in the last few days 2 separate videos have emerged showing the execution of 2 black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. No one is so blind not to think there is a problem with how other cultures are treated by certain officers, but the videos show the shocking truth to these situations.

Sadly after this, during peaceful protests in Dallas, 5 innocent police officers were gunned down. Seemingly this is in retaliation to the earlier attacks.

Browsing Facebook this morning I came across the quote "Fear and hatred will cease to exist when love is in abundance". This quote really puts the situation in perspective. There is very clearly a problem in America when it comes to guns and how the law treats people of colour, but fighting hate with hate wont solve any of these problems.

In these awful times the best thing that can be done is not let the hate overwhelm you, but never stop demanding answers and change. We need to strive to live in a world where you can be accepted, treated equally and not judged no matter your race, gender, sexual identity etc.

Thanks for reading!

Chloe x