Within the nation of America there are many organizations and systems that fail and are big problems. These problems are ones that have existed and persisted throughout many generations to escalate into a behemoth. Three of the most prominent problems are lack of leadership within politics, racism, and police brutality.
Everyone complains about the government and with good reason, the functionality of American government has fallen into the gutter bowl. It is not so much the people in general but the lack of dispersed leadership in each branch and level of government including local, state, and federal. A way to fix this is dissolve the government into an anarchy and start over with some new leaders or just take the ones that aren't listening to other people out of office and have a new generation of leaders produce a better environment.
As the older generations pass away and lose their voice the new generations take up the mantle and change the tone of what the public says. Although this is a common theme we do not live in a post-racism society because with the new tone the generations keep racism alive by the jokes and gestures. The topic of racism is always brought up during school when teachers talk about the Civil Rights movement but we never explore the subject more than textual analysis; there is nothing taught about it since it happened in the "past." A way to fix the present situation of racism is to raise more awareness, try to deplore people from making racist jokes, and to spread the message of loving your neighbor as we love ourselves.
The next topic goes almost hand in hand with racism since most police brutality incidents occur because of racism. This can especially be seen in the NYPD police force that has a horrid reputation for attacking African-Americans that pose no official threat and are unarmed; such as the case of Eric Garner where a caring black man who had just broken up a fight was murdered by four police officers that didn't even get charged. There is also the case of Trayvon Marin that shows how assumptions and prejudices have created a divide between police protection and abuse of power by police officers. Police brutality has wide ranges and spreads across the whole nation. A way to fix this is to stop the idea of racism and to give some form of punishment to the officers that attack without any reason.
All three of these are very prominent problems that occur every day to normal people and affect the entire population of the U.S. The lack of leadership in the government has created a faulty government that barely functions together. Racism is barely glazed by teachers and the general population keeps it alive in many different ways including jokes. Police brutality creates a public that is afraid of the very people that are supposed to protect them in any situation they can. Perhaps these problems won't be fixed in a quick fashion but they need to be fixed soon in order for America to thrive at her best.
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