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\u201cDystopia\u201d as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is \u201can imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives.\u201d This is what America is beginning to feel like.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children are afraid to go to school in fear of a shooting. Cops attack the innocent black man but let the guilty white man walk free. Casual racism that eventually turns into hate crime goes visually unnoticed by the media. Same-sex couples can\u2019t walk down the street holding hands or even show any type of affection towards their partner for fear of harassment. Women are told to hold keys between their fingers and keep pepper spray on them so they don\u2019t become the next girl to go missing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) take \u201cillegal\u201d children from their parents and keep them in cages.<\/span><\/p>\n

All of these situations listed are so normalized into the American society to the point where people don\u2019t care anymore. This is why America feels so dystopian. All of these bad things are happening, everything feels like it\u2019s going downhill in this country, but no one cares. The fact that the youth have to shoulder the consequences of the problems created by the older generation feels so fake to me. It shouldn\u2019t be our job as children to fix or worry about this, let alone write about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many ways we can help, and the most important one is to speak out. If you want to help raise awareness or simply learn more about something, visit https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2558,2537,2559,2560,2561],"class_list":["post-14856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-america","tag-mishi-khan","tag-police-brutality","tag-racism","tag-society"],"yoast_head":"\nDystopian America - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2019\/12\/dystopian-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dystopian America - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2019\/12\/dystopian-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DHSUpdate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-17T16:30:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-17T16:30:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mehvish Khan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mehvish Khan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/dystopian-america\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/dystopian-america\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mehvish Khan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/404bfe404322b6dd3a3798557c9aa31e\"},\"headline\":\"Dystopian America\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-17T16:30:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-17T16:30:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/dystopian-america\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"america\",\"Mishi Khan\",\"police brutality\",\"racism\",\"society\"],\"articleSection\":[\"OPINION\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/dystopian-america\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/dystopian-america\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/dystopian-america\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dystopian America - UPDATE ONLINE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-17T16:30:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-17T16:30:50+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/dystopian-america\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"UPDATE ONLINE\",\"description\":\"H.H. 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