Yes, This is a Race Issue.

“This is NOT a race issue” an angry parent stated at Francis-Howell High School after hearing that a nearby district would be allowing students to transfer there. The problem, however, is that it was in fact a race issue. See, the reason this parent was so upset was because the neighboring district happened to be 85% colored students.

            The fact that segregation is still happening in certain parts of the country is astonishing. All because of the color of skin? If anything, African Americans should hate white people, not the other way around. Because, unfortunately, we were the ones who forced them away from their families and shipped them across the world to be treated as less than human. Not to mention that many did not survive the trip because of overcrowding. It is 2019. When are the stubborn southerners going to wake up and realize that this is not acceptable? According to history.com, slavery in the United States began in 1619. It has now been four HUNDRED years and some people think this discrimination is still okay? That it was ever okay? It is truly sickening.

            Troy may be somewhat of a safe space, but we need to realize that the world around us is not actually like this. People are not usually so accepting. People don’t care about anyone but themselves. Don’t let yourself be fooled by the bubble that surrounds us- because eventually, it is going to pop.