Racism in 2010 and Beyond

July 22, 2010 Front Page, Problems 26 Comments

Many people have experienced racism first-hand. Prejudice can be defined as thinking that a race is better than any other race. The issue with racism today is that it is still present. We are faced with racism everyday and it eventually leads to discrimination and social profiling.

Racism is a word that’s conditioned. Racism has existed for centuries. Racism can’t be traced back through the generations, though we know that racism has always been imposed upon those that were different than the majority. Many people are sensitive when the topic is race, gender, cultural groups, etc… This is a condition that has plagued races of all kind.

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Ashley Neville

Police Try to Shut Down LYVEF’s Voter Reg Efforts in Atl!

July 21, 2010 Front Page, Problems 1 Comment

Today, LYVEF and Lady Cartel affiliates went out to the Georgia Department of Labor on MLK Drive to bring awareness about the upcoming 2010 election by a voter registration campaign we started called the “Party with a Purpose Campaign”. The “Party with a Purpose Campaign” is a direct campaign to get young citizens, ages 18-29, to vote by targeting places that they are showing record numbers at such as unemployment offices, nightlife events, concerts, etc.

This act of what we are doing brings excitement and a sense of humility to me as an active young voter motivating others. I feel great knowing I can influence and encourage others to know that they can have a voice, and it will be heard. At first, I was scared because I didn’t know how these Georgia residents would react to our outreach, but I am pleased to say, we had a great response from this community. . .until the police came.

This was extremely challenging because these are the first days of our campaign and we never expected to be hit with this. I was shocked that we were informed to move away from the property, because we were influencing voters to vote Democrat or Republican. Un-true!! We are within our rights to converse about our youth getting registered to vote, so we have a choice in our future; today we had that choice taken away from us, by the law. So the question is, How can we get young voters to understand that this is way bigger than what we think?

Well, one set-back won’t hold us back. As a young voter I will continue to spread the word and influence my community that voting is not just old people that don’t want to see our point of views, and can’t relate to our problems. I say we can be heard and our vote does matter.