Where Is The Love?

                            Who would have guess that the 11 year old hit single by the Black Eyed Peas,"Where is the Love", held so much significant meaning behind it? Besides having a catchy beat, the song describes many different issues in our society that we are dealing with as a country. Over a century has passed since the song has been released, and it is still so relevant to what is going on in our lives today. The recent Isis slayings of the United States journalists, and many other victims from other countries as well, have raised an uproar across the nation. People are angry that Obama has been reluctant to act upon the down right evil slaughtering of our own citizens;but realistically, there is a lot at stake with the actions he is going to be making in the near future. As all of our attention is focused on what is being done to decimate Isis, we are all missing the big picture; the one that this song's lyrics blatantly point out.
                              We, as a nation, are so concerned with what is happening in the Middle East that we aren't paying as close attention as we should to what's going on in our own backyards.(Not Literally) :]   A specific verse that jumped out at me was one that is such an obvious problem that is constantly overlooked in the United States. The verse goes something like...
"Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism,
but we still got terrorists here livin'
 in the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and the Crips and the KKK." BINGO. This is perfect. I can understand why our government is so concerned with the possible threat of a nuclear battle with a terrorist group, or any attack on the United States for that matter.. but what about whats already IN the United States. Fixing what we are as a society, with the underlying racial tensions, and the stereotypical "man who wears a turban is a terrorist" type attitude. Sharing information about the events that are going on in our own country can help us grow together. When we grow together, we will grow to love one another. It's obvious that peace is an impossible thing to achieve, but if we start weeding out, and more importantly causing awareness about some of the horrible things that happen in our own country; such as gangs, terrorist support groups, murder, etc. Before taking on the bad in other countries, we should focus on the issues within our own; and then we might be on a better path to some sort of peacefulness not only in the nation, but in our own communities as well.


Where Is The Love?  By The Black Eyed Peas  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc