this is Chicago where I now call home
it's population is 2.7 million and it's
known for its history food jazz and
unfortunately it's shootings and I have
two black boys and I don't want them or
other black or brown boys or girls to be
a statistic not here or anywhere in the
United States so I decided to conduct
some research on the future of our black
children starting here in Chicago but to
know one's future you must know your
past so I began my research with asking
people if they believe the black
community has gotten better worse or the
same and this is what they said since
and but it's different
back during the 60s and 70s civil rights
movement it was a different kind of
element but it was still not a great era
to live in but now the Bible seems to be
concentrated in the black community the
quality of our black citizens lives
could be improved by our country and in
government is God worse the way the
president is running the country or
automatic
so that's not the only question that I
asked we need to find out what can be
done to help shape the future of our
black children seeing role models people
there saying race and having
opportunities for them together we both
both of our communities can help each
other and understanding what our
barriers are and work together towards
overcoming those barriers as as speaking
from a Hispanic culture I also conducted
a survey asking who shapes the future of
our community youth of today our
children they have the power to shape
our future
and they have to study our history in
order to know their future important for
us as parents to teach you about black
history
I would say yes why because if we learn
about black history we would know what
those the black people did and what's
good for us to do studying the past and
the president gives deep insights into
our possible future so this journey is
sorting through facts opinions lives and
wisdom to determine who or what shapes
the future of our black community
