Letter to James Baldwin

I find it amazing how so many years later we are still trying to battle the same problems that were you had written about in this speech. We were not able to take your advice and change the ways that we educate our society. We still have stereotypes about people and we still aren’t able to properly balance the fairness in life through skin color. Actions are taken because of one’s background. There are still people out there jumping to conclusions because of the shade of someone’s skin. There are still kids out there that have to live with the same burden that their ancestors lived with all those years back. In reality, we haven’t changed that much at all. Worst of all, opportunities are given and taken from kids because of something that is out of their control. Their social status plays a role in where you can get in life. It’s hard to see that people back then had such a big dream of seeing things change and today we haven’t changed a thing. We have been focusing on the wrong things in life, we have brought more violence into the picture and I know that it’s disappointing to see. Although, today people are starting to come together and work towards what they want. We are peacefully protesting and its working. Moving forward from today, even though it might take alot of time, we will progress to your dream Baldwin. The way we educate our children will be different.