The group Stampede’s presentation discussed the topic of suicide among African Americans between the ages of 15-24. To me it is necessary to talk about this subject, because a lot of teens and young people are committing suicides everyday. They explained unemployment is the main cause of suicide today. I believe they feel like they are helpless and can’t support themselves or their family, so death is the only way out of their suffering. Other reasons why people commit suicide are due to stress, incarceration, and family problems. One thing I found very interesting from their presentation is that more than 30,000 African Americans commit suicide annually. There are more than five African American suicides per day, and for every successful suicide the ratio is four to one, men to women. You should be aware of people who talk about death towards themselves and show major signs of depression, because they might be the ones who are going to commit the horrible act. Suicide is a horrible thing to hear that somebody did to themselves, so you have to be careful and aware what you do and say to people. I enjoyed this presentation and really liked their outside information sources.
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