Protect and Serve

When I read the title of the article “To Protect and to Serve” I thought about our past readings and how our government does not always protect and serve everybody. I felt that black people are always faced with low standards. They always expect the low class people to be the ones to cause the issues in our society such as stealing, when professional people steal and take away from our government in scandalous ways. Black woman played a vital role in our society. Elaine Richardson claims that, “Woman is the child’s first teacher, who protects it even in her womb and begins to socialize it”. I agree with this quote to a certain extent because even before you go to school your mother is there teaching you little melodies and lullabies. From the little kicks and growing physically and emotionally while experiencing motherhood both the mother and child become connected as one. Then I think about the irresponsible mothers who are not able to help their child when they are struggling in school, and don’t even try to get help for themselves. Black women should be recognized as brilliant and resilient. It was black women who take care of their masters children and balanced the roles of the white mothers so that their maters would be satisfied. The only way that we can change what society is to reform what is continuously breaking apart our society, and everyone of us should be willing to protect and serve in our country.