We the people, are American. Sure, we come from different backgrounds but that’s what makes up our beautiful country. We became our own country to escape the tyranny of those ruling over us. People immigrated here so that they could have BETTER lives. But lately, “beautiful” and “better lives” wouldn’t be words I would associate America with. In fact, I would probably use “embarrassing”. We have made a mockery of things that our fore fathers set into place before us. Our second amendment rights are on their way out because some people think that will stop criminals. CRIMINALS, mind you, don’t follow the law to begin with. Oh and people are using their first amendment rights to complain on social media. Facebook is not going to start a movement people, it begins with you. In Atlanta there was a successful PEACEFUL PROTEST, few arrests and no one injured or killed. Imagine that, people standing up for what they believe in, the way it’s supposed to be. Maybe there is hope for our country. According the previous generations, us milennial’s are lazy and entitled. WE are the ones fighting this war. WE are the ones dealing with the consequences. We’ve been taught to always be accepting of who someone is but been shown mostly the opposite. Where is our integrity? Our acceptance? Our God? In the bible, Mark 12:31 says, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself”. As the bible also says, in Luke 6:41, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”. We have all sinned, there is no one amongst that has not. To judge others is to be a hypocrite and for what are you judging others for, their skin color? Skin color happens to be a product of genetics, something that we have no control over. Babies are not born racist or judgmental. Naturally, we are born to be loving creatures of the human race but taught to be hateful. I was not born white, I was born American but society told me that I am white. A small box on paperwork told me that I am white. Seeing someone strapped with a gun in public didn’t make me nervous, but society tells me I should fear them. I do not fear being mugged by a black man, but society says that I should. I do not cringe at the sight of a lone white male at school, but society says he’s probably mentally unstable and might lose it one day. Our society is full of stereotypes that so many of us pay attention to and feed. I do not fear these stereotypes. I fear that we have lost faith in our God. I fear that we have lost faith in our country. I fear that we may not be able to come back from this. It is time that we take back our country and make it better. It is time that the only label we adhere to from here on out, is American. I am not white, I am American and I am damn proud.