I'm proud to be an American, proud and privileged to live in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Don't get me wrong, I love the United States of America, the country where you can dream of anything and achieve it. Truly, America is the most magnificent land in the world, but what’s wrong with the people existing in it?
How can America live up to what they said on paper when the rights of so many are not brought to justice? In my mass communications class, my professor showed us the video of “Hide yo kids, hide yo wife,” and we analyzed it. It has come to my attention that the people of America love making fun of other people, it’s nothing new. Did the video gain popularity because it was an exciting news story? No, it gained popularity because the people behind the scenes thought that a gay African American male would be amusing. They were right, it became an internet phenomenon.
So ask yourself this question America, what’s wrong with you? What’s wrong with us? A sexual crime is committed and the entire country laughs at the situation. Sure, the videos are funny. I’d be the first to say it, but what’s wrong with a country that finds an act of sexual violence and a flamboyant male amusing? In a country that does not even support the right for same sex marriages; are we really the land of the free? Who’s to tell someone how to love? I guess America has the authority to. So in the words of the great Dr. Martin Luther King, “America, be true to what you said on paper.”
