The Jordan Davis

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In the past few years, race and ethnicity has affected the way humans interact and react with each other. Sometimes it becomes the leading barrier that causes individuals of different ethnic backgrounds and races to lack unity with different ethnic groups, communication skills and respect for each another. In the case of Jordan Davis, the lack of communication between races was a major barrier that caused a normal evening to end in such a tragic manner. If both individuals were to handle the issue with better respect and better communication skills, Davis would still be alive, and Dunn would be a free man. Sometimes as individuals we tend to forget that we can sometimes be too judgmental towards individuals because of personal feelings, and make prejudice assumptions of people, based on the color of their skin or even the type of music they prefer to listen to. On November 23rd, Michael Dunn made prejudice assumptions about four black teenage males playing music, and decided that he had the right to fire shots into unarm vehicle to get them to turn the loud music down. If we continue...

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