America’s separation between peace and disorder amongst it’s society has been a subject continuous in history books. Bitterness of the people along or races have played a part in keeping violence alive. Nevertheless, separation of races keeps unity of the community from reaching its full potential. Violence has become an easy crime to commit, but what is the root of this problem? Young minds get trained to release anger through fighting, killing, bullying, cursing or any method that would take the innocence away from the youth. The media has open the eyes of society and allowed all to see the sick and twisted thoughts, giving the people of the world the idea that violence is a routine matter of committing. Violence has caused tragedies and changed the lives of many for many years. Specifically, social media has helped showcase how racism, police brutality, and gun violence have been the leading causes of casualties of African Americans. Racism, which is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior, has been a continuous issue that all minorities have faced in the United States since the beginning of time. The ethnic group that have and continue to suffer the most from mistreatment in the United States are African Americans. Violence can be viewed through the lens of trauma, but it can also be seen in terms of contagion, learned behavior, or addiction. The separation and level of hatred for African Americans has called many to be killed or injured for the senseless act of others.Blacks being forced to face discrimination, especially young African American men can affect how they see what is wrong or right in life and may drive them to make violent or malisous choices based on how they are treated by society. For example, in the autobiography, Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America, by Nathan McCall, the main character, Nathan, and some of his friends see a young white boy riding his bike by their neighborhood and they randomly start jump the young boy. As Nathan is constantly hitting the boy, he starts having mini flashbacks of various different occasions where he was treated unfairly and/or witnessed racism first hand whether it was a personal experience or when he was the way his step father and brothers were treated. Remembering these moments gives him more motivation to continue beating the boy until he notices the boy is no longer moving (McCall 2). Experiencing racism and discrimination from white people at any age is used to abuse African Americans, which can result in some African Americans feeling like if they can be treated so cruel by White Americans and it be seen as okay as if it’s not a problem, why can’t I treat them the same way as they have done us for centuries? In addition, Racism causes African Americans to fall victim to discrimination in a world full of whites. Being a black American in America almost requires you to be twice as educated and skilled in a career field to be allowed the same jobs as white Americans. This may cause African Americans to get discouraged and resort other forms revenue, which could possibly be illegal. For example, in Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward, Ward’s brother Joshua was forced to steal from local stores and sell crack to the local crackheads in their neighborhood just to take care of himself as a young boy because their father could only work mediocre jobs that barely paid him enough to take care of himself, let alone the four children he had (Ward 337). America's long history of racism and oppression against African Americans causes the continuous unjust treatment of blacks. Aside from typical racism in the United States, a major problem affecting the lives of African Americans are being caused by the people who you’re supposed to trust to protect you and keep you safe from problems. Who are these people you may wonder? Well, these “people” are everyday police officers around the world. For the past several years, police brutality in the United States has increased tremendously. Too often, police officers are using the excuse of “being afraid” as a justification for shooting and killing innocent black men. In the year of 2017, the number of citizens of the United States that were killed by African Americans was 1,147 with black people being 25% of that 1,147 that were killed, even though they are only 13% of the population (Sinyangwe 1). Innocent black men everyday have to walk around and fear being killed for something as simple as running a red light, just because a police officer made the wrong move. Also, the criminal justice system works against African Americans, when it’s supposed to work for them. For example, a 2013 study has found that black Americans are more likely to be charged with crimes that have mandatory high sentences as minimum, than white people by federal prosecutors. For instance, take the story of the Central Park Five. In 1989, five boys by the name of Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam and Kharey Wise were falsely accused of race and attempted murder of a 28- year-old jogger in Central Park by the name of Trisha Meili. Though there was physical evidence that proved none of the five young African Americans were involved with what happened to Meili, they were still charged rape and attempted murder. Kharey Wise, who later changed his name to Korey Wise, was treated the worst out of all. This significance with his story is he wasn’t even one of the names on the suspect list. He simply went with his friend, Salaam, down to the police station for support and he was taken advantage of; considering he deals with mental issues. Because of his mental issues, he had a struggle reading simple texts and was tricked into signing a false confession when he couldn’t even understand what it said. Wise was the only of the five boys that were tried as an adult. White people officers are constantly contributing to the mistreatment and even the death of minorities, African American men to be specific. The gun violence issues we face today with no rules being made to control them, gives others the idea of gun violence being okay. Though there has been a major increase in gun violence in America, there have been no laws or changes to prevent this increase in gun violence. When it comes to statistics, it has been proven that black Americans are more likely to be killed by guns than white Americans are (Samuels 2). Growing up in poverty, young black Americans are already exposed to gang violence everyday in their neighborhoods, but seeing these stories of school shootings on TV and never seeing any of the shooters being held up to their actions or the government making an effort to prevent the shooting and killing of innocent children and young adults may cause them to think guns are okay. Why aren’t whites held accountable for actions that black men and women would be killed or sentenced to life for? In America, Black Americans are 372 more times likely to be shot and/or killed due to gun violence than the general U.S population (Bromfield; Mitchell 3). Why is it that when black men or women commit a crime, they are immediately judged and are barely given a chance to justify their actions, which causes them to get charged with high sentences ,but whenever a white man or woman commits a serious crime, such as killing over 20 innocent people, they’re seen as “mentally ill” or having a “hard” time and all they need is maybe 2-3 years or are simply let free? All because of systematic racism. Though many are affected by gun violence, African Americans are the most injured or killed by guns. Violence is a problem that has affected millions for people for a lifetime. Specifically, one of the most targeted racial groups are African Americans. As if they’re not citizens of the United States, black men have to live in fear for their lives and face mistreatment everyday in a country that they work for. The leading reasons behind why they are affected so much by violence in this time and age are systemic racism, police brutality, and gun violence.