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"Bombing add fuel to the explosive racial debate"
After many attacks aimed against the US and countries around the world, have cause racial profiling to rise. Many people associate terrorism coming from middle eastern groups, but that is not necessarily true. The assumption of racial profiling has been a continuous controversy for generations in the past. Just because more radical groups are in one area don't mean hate and racism should be pointed at a certain group. In my opinion racial profiling is not improving any form of protection to citizens, it is taking away rights from those who have different backgrounds. It is also causing more hate crimes by those who could be called "radical" patriots, they feel the need to do things for their country in an excuse of protection. The world is a messed up place and the only way it is going to change is if people realize we are all  different, and we all have reasons for our being here on earth.

current event

Heat is rising in the Middle East, ISIS is being their attacks to claim territory in Iraq. Mosul is the latest that the terrorist group has begun fighting for. With suicide bombings and craze attacks on the city, death counts are high but the amount fleeing is even higher. Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdish troops are working on ending the ISIS attacks, hardly making it in time to stop suicide bombings, this is a battle ISIS is dedicating lives to win. Turkish air strikes, led by the US coalition, Iraqi soldier killed while pushing back ISIS troops. 9 villages have been liberated, troops are ahead of schedule for stoping the radical group. Mosul has been a stronghold for the terror group, they are not willing to loose this territory. This is alarming because peoples lives are being put into danger, fleeing is high and death tolls can only rise in this battle. While it is not correct to declare war on the terror group, we are in the midst of the early stages of war.

clown crazy

In current news there has been a clown craze throughout the States, many clown sitings have been noticed from cities to college campuses all the way to rural areas. Starting merely a month before Halloween is this just a scare tactic or is this a real problem that needs solving. Many have expressed complaints of being "lured" by clowns to wooded areas or being chased by the hidden faces. The clowns showing in many different areas of the country are a snowball effect, people are going to do whatever they can to scare those around them now that they know attention has formed. This is also a huge viral marketing, more videos of clown sightings are being watched daily thus causing views and social media crazies feed to sky rocket. 2014 Slenderman killed someone and the defense was that he was involved in a "Augmented reality game" this creates a theory that someone could mentally be in a video game while luring around your town dressed as a clown. There are many theories as to why clowns are creating a craze but I advise that it's no longer a joke. Whether it is a snow ball effect or an ARG, clowns cause people to have fears and anxiety and this needs to stop. Why should you trust that your children will be safe on Halloween or that nothing extremely bad will come from this. It will come to end once someone is severely hurt by one of these menacing clowns.