Hey Guys, and welcome, the in the past few weeks no matter where you look, whether its mainstream media or social media you would have witnessed recent reports on protests against racial injustice, inequality, and police brutality. There have been numerous peaceful protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd and other members of the black community at the hand of law enforcement officers. The Black Lives Matter Movement has been the loudest so far.    We are currently living in the information age where news is no longer controlled by a limited few. Today anyone with a cellphone can capture footage of human rights violations and have it go viral in a matter minutes through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more recently TikTok.  The killing of Black People by the police has happened numerous times throughout our history,  over the past few years, however,  each time it has happened it sparked protests and calls for justice from the black community. But this time it is different. Because everyone is witnessing the heavy-handed tactics being used by the police and disproportionately inflicted upon the black community. This time other people are standing up with the black community against inequality, injustice, and police brutality.   The list of Names of Black Men and women killed by the police is very long and the list of names of those profiled because of their skin color is even longer.  For decades the black community has been calling for the end of systemic racism. The type of racism that creates a vicious cycle that keeps many black people under-educated, under-employed, over-policed, and over-incarcerated. To end systemic racism, America needs to stop failing people of color. Because right now it is failing them. I believe that poverty is the biggest factor that influences crime. According to statistics from the last census, the percentage of blacks who are poor is twice that of whites who are poor. And the crime rate in poor neighborhoods is higher than the crime rate in the rich neighborhoods. In countries where the majority of people are the same color, more crime is committed in poorer areas. Therefore its not people’s skin color that causes them to commit crimes, its socio-economic problems that influence criminal activity. As a society, we need to encourage and enable Black People to rise out of poverty. We need to encourage all Americans to overcome poverty. Because a society that has more people gainfully employed will see a reduction in crime. But we should not marginalize people because of their skin color.  Now we cannot leave it up to corporations to solve this problem by just creating jobs. Because corporations have one main goal, making profits. So it will seek its ideal customer which is more often than not an affluent individual. Just look at who banks choose to loan to, people who already have money. The policies that these companies have tends to be very biased against low-income people.  The Federal Government needs to take up the mantle of First making comprehensive laws that will eradicate systemic racism automatically. For example, voter suppression, when political parties commission studies that determine the types of IDs blacks are less likely to have and then implementing the use of that  ID as a requirement to vote or when they close polling stations in black communities and the nearest one is hours away are examples, of how racist and corrupt our system is.    Education One way to get out of poverty is to be educated. We have an education system that needs a lot of work.  Best Practices need to be adopted from across the world. Countries such as Canada, Japan, and Isreal have better education systems than we do. But just improving education is not enough, we need equity in the school system where people in poor neighborhoods receive the same quality of education as people in richer communities. The quality of education our children get should not b

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The Mysterious Disappearance Of Etan Patz Etan Patz Do you remember the name Etan Patz…… Well on May 25th 1979, 6 year old Etan disappeared. It was the Friday before the  Memorial Day Weekend, the ground was wet from earlier rain and Etan was eager to walk the two blocks from his home at 113 Prince Street, to the intersection of West Broadway and Prince street in lower Manhattan, to board his school bus to Public School PS3 at 490 Hudson street. But Etan... never made it to school that day.  It was the first day that he walked by himself to the busstop and the last day he was seen alive.   His mother Julie recalled how independent Etan was, and how he wanted to walk to the bus stop by himself. She initially objected but subsequently gave in. “I’ll be ok” were some of the last words she heard her son say.  She walked him to the door and watched him leave the nest. She remembers him wearing an Eastern Airlines cap, blue jeans and blue jacket. Etan had a dollar in his pocket that was given to him by a neighbourhood handyman when he visited his workshop. Etan had planned to use his dollar to purchase a soda from the Bodega on the way to the bus stop which was only two blocks away.  He went out into the world with hope in his eyes, money in his pocket and a bright future ahead of him. Little did he know.. that that rainy day in May would lead to a mayday distress call that would be heard across the nation and catalyze The Missing Children Movement.    When Etan didn't come home that evening his mother called everywhere his school, his friends but no one saw him. He never showed up for  school and his friends never saw him on the bus.   Julie then called  police and made a missing persons report and that night the search for Etan began. But Etan was never found  and while a man confessed and was convicted for his murder, police was unable to find any physical evidence to corroborate the case. And even thought he was pronounced dead in absentia.  The fact that his body was never found has left the door open for some to say that he may not be dead.  Etan was the middle child he has an older sister and a younger brother   The SOHO Neighbourhood  Etan Patz lived With his Mother and father, older sister and younger brother in the SoHo neighbourhood of lower manhattan. For the uninitiated SoHo is an acronym for South of Houston street a name that was coined by famous developer chester rapkin in 1962 Today SOHO is known for its boutique shops, Art Galleries and loft apartments, home to famous people like Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys, Daniel Craig, John Legend, Justin Timberlake and Samuel L. Jackson However in the 1970s it was a much rougher neighbourhood. New York city on a whole looked very different then, than it does now. A Financial Crisis had sickened the city, one that many thought the city could never recover from. There was a massive exodus to the suburbs, high unemployment rates, muggings on the subway  Prostitutes and pimps frequenting Times Square, Central Park was  feared for muggings and rape. Homeless persons and drug dealers occupied boarded-up and abandoned buildings.   The NYPD was the subject of an investigation on widespread corruption.  A Pamphlet was released by the council of public safety ( Made up of Police, firefighters and other unions) called “Welcome to Fear City” Which featured a prominent skull on the cover.  The pamphlet warned tourists to not: Come outside after 6 pm Not leave midtown To call your cab before you leave your hotel Never Ride the Subway Don't leave property in the hotel safe. If you were a tourist coming to new york and saw that pamphlet you would definitely turn back. So try to imagine what Etan Patz’s neighbourhood looked like back then. Boarded up buildings, dark alleys, no surveillance cameras, no mobile phones , many of the things we enjoy today just weren't available then.  When Etan Patz left his house  at 113 Prince Street He would have had to walk two blocks to get to the b

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