Non-Senseless Violence Anonymous College

In today’s world, Western society has grown incredibly desensitized to violence. Children play video games such as Grand Theft Auto in which they murder civilians and sexually assault women without a second thought in order to win the game. Turn on any major news station, no matter the political bias, and a shooting, bomb threat, or alternative act of terror seems bound to pop up throughout the newshour. Action movies full of combat and cruelty rule the box office. Many people have chosen to tactfully avoid such violence. Parents ban certain movies, video games, and toys in their households. Some smartphone users turn off their news outlet notifications in order to better their mental health. However, some acts of violence in the media have a higher purpose than a teenage boy’s entertainment, or even a college student being in the know about current events. In narratives involving oppression, accurately depicting the hardships of the oppressed seems necessary in order to honestly and gravely show what the oppressed group endured at the hands of their oppressor. Although violent scenes might drive away certain audiences, perhaps one should consider why the most gut wrenching images in the media came to be before deciding to...