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I Survived High-School "Welcome to White Oak High School, home of the Vikings." The speech given to any fool unfortunate enough to enroll in this school. My first high school had an unhospitable atmosphere. It had the distinction of having the highest murder rate of any school in North Carolina. The school's undercover narcotics officer, Randy, was killed in the faculty parking lot. A car pulled up, and a black tinted window rolled down. The passenger in the back seat shot him once in the head with a handgun, then the car sped away. Randy was killed instantly, and the people in the car were never caught. I tried never to go anywhere on-campus alone. I usually walked with two or three girls that I knew I could trust. My father taught me to fight. He took to Camp Lejeune with him and had me watch the Marines training for hand to hand combat. He taught me how to fight with a knife, to shoot a gun and to find the weakness in any opponent I might have. The skills I learned helped me defend myself and my friends from the perils that awaited us. Seven people were killed at White Oak in the year and a half I was there. I knew three of them. One was a friend. "Because of our students wide ethnic background, they have learned compassion for their fellow students. Sixty-two percent of our student body is made is made up of minorities, yet we do not experience the racial tension found at other schools. Our students live in harmony with each other. They have respect for the culture of others. Our students are an example for other high schools." A quote from Tom Pittman, a member of the school board. This was his opening for a speech given to the PTA after some parents expressed concern over the violence reported by their children. Nikki, April and Mark held me against the wall. I could only watch as Kisha and Lina beat up Shantelle. They broke her wrist. They said she was a disgrace to the black people of the world. Except for the main entrance, which was only used by guests (it was off limits to students), all of the doors to the building had metal detectors.
Dalton James Prater was a young black African American men 18 years of age who was declared dead at the crime scene. Jacoby Bradley Hollett another young black African American man that was only 19 years of age but was taken to the hospital then soon died there. There were two people responsible for the
After a basketball game, four kids, Andrew Jackson, Tyrone Mills, Robert Washington and B.J. Carson, celebrate a win by going out drinking and driving. Andrew lost control of his car and crashed into a retaining wall on I-75. Andy, Tyrone, and B.J. escaped from the four-door Chevy right after the accident. Teen basketball star and Hazelwood high team captain was sitting in the passenger's side with his feet on the dashboard. When the crash happened, his feet went through the windshield and he was unable to escape. The gas tank then exploded and burned Robbie to death while the three unharmed kids tried to save him.
When the officers made it to an alley, they were met by another Latino gang member who fired at Taylor and Zavala, hitting Taylor once in the chest before being shot and killed by Zavala. Zavala went to aid Taylor, who appeared to be quickly dying, and called out for help. Before police back up arrived, the original Latino gang members found Zavala in the alley kneeling over Taylor and before he could reach for his gun, the gang members fired many rounds into Zavala’s back who slumped over, dead.... ... middle of paper ... ...
Although some like Conor Friedersdorf, of the Atlantic, categorized students as “intolerant bullies, (34)” meaning that the reasons for protests were not really reasons at all. Chang argues that the issues students are expressing need to be improved upon as if not, we will continue to go round and round in this vicious cycle. The addition of the apartheid in South Africa backs up Chang’s argument as there is a consensus of it being a serious issue. This explains why he included this piece of history and how it relates to college campuses. Encouraging critics to listen to students, just as Meyer did to those of color, is the only way to prevent today's youth from bring up the same issues in future years. Just as Chang predicted, the next school year brought protesters to hundreds of colleges and universities. What happened at Mizzou was just the beginning of a country wide movement for racial justice on campuses that hasn’t stopped
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After spending the night near some slave cabins, Turner and his men attempted to attack another house, but were repulsed. Several of the rebels were captured. The remaining force then met the state and federal troops in final skirmish, in which one slave was killed and many escaped, including Turner. In the end, the rebels had stabbed, shot and clubbed at least 55 white people to death ("Nat Turner 's
July 15, 1999, was an ordinary night for Kristopher Lohrmeyer as he left work at the Colorado City Creamer, a popular ice cream parlor. Kristopher had no idea that his life was about to end. When Michael Brown, 17, Derrick Miller and Andrew (Andy) Medina, 15, approached Kristopher and demanded his money and his car keys. Before the boys knew it shots had been fired and Kristopher was dead. About an hour after the fatal shooting of Kristopher Lohrmeyer, all three men were in custody and telling their version of the night’s events. Michael and Derrick who had run away after the shooting confessed to police and named Andy as the shooter. According to the three boy’s testimony, they had only recently met and needed away to get some quick cash, so they developed a carjacking scheme and headed to Andy’s house to pick up 2 stolen handguns. The three boys were uneducated and had spent most of their time on the streets in search of drugs. The judge ruled that they would be held without bail and there was probable cause to charge them all with first-degree murder (Thrown Away, 2005).
On March 25, 1931 the Southern Railroad's Chattanooga to Memphis freight with two dozen or so people, and it consisted of mainly men looking for a job. While on the train a stone throwing fight erupted between the black and white men on the train. Soon after the blacks succeeded in throwing all but one of the white men off the train, Orville Gilley was pulled back on after the train accelerated to a dangerous speed. After the whites were forced off the train they went to the nearest police station and reported that the black men on the train had assaulted them. The white youth lied because they were the men who had started the fight in the first place. When the train pulled into the train station the police captured nine of the black men on a flat back truck and took them to jail in Scottsboro.
Typically Liberalism can be categorized into two different strands, Classical and Modern (yet some thinkers advocate a third strand that is referred to as Neo-Liberalism), each characterized by their differing and to some extent unavoidably overlapping attitudes regarding the theory behind the ideology and how it should be put into practice. Prior to examining how these relate to one another and before making any comparisons, it is important to give a definition, as best as possible, of Liberalism as a concept.
By the end of this, liberalism as a system or as a philosophy in governing
Liberalism, formed in the latter part of the 18th Century from opposition to existing political monarchies in Europe, was based on rights of individuals and the responsibility of government to protect those rights. Conservative philosophy was born as a reaction to dangerous tendencies detected within the liberal movement toward excessive governmental control. While conservatives form the base of their beliefs on traditional values, respect for authority, and maintaining custom, liberals fought government tendencies to diminish, ignore, or abuse individual human rights. Both beliefs balanced each other until liberalism shifted its emphasis from protecting individual rights from government to using government as a source for supplying basic life necessities. The modern liberal agenda began as President Johnson's Great Society to wipe out poverty and enhance the quality of life for all Americans.
enjoyed every bit of my freshman year, but I watched three people very carefully, Daniel
Let’s flash back in time to before our college days. Back to then we had lunch trays filled with rubbery chicken nuggets, stale pizza, and bags of chocolate milk. A backpack stacked with Lisa Frank note books, flexi rulers, and color changing pencils. The times where we thought we wouldn’t make it out alive, but we did. Through all the trials and tribulations school helped build who I am today and shaped my future. From basic functions all the way to life-long lessons that helped shape my character.
To understand these morality and mutual support government has a number of key themes that I will explain in this paragraph. The first key theme is the individual and his/her rights in the liberalism. The liberalism is the hearts of the individuals (Harrison and Boyd 202). Each individual has equal value and they are capable to understand what is good or bad for them. Equality and justice are the best form to understand the liberalism. Some individual claims that as a matter of fact, they think that some individual act rationally and choose what they need to be in their own interests. In the 20th century, liberals have promoted the homosexual rights, gender and racial equality, rights for the disabled and civil rights in general (Harrison and Boyd 203). Liberals are also given the authority of the freedom of speech and with that we have the authority to say what is right or wrong. The second key theme is a belief in progress. Belief in progress, we can say that how the individual (human nature) believe in themselves that they can do anything they wish want to do and they are aware that what is bad or good for them. Liberals look to the future with optimism and believe that social improvements not only possible and desirable but is also likely to take place over the long term (Harrison and Boyd 204). The third key theme is the commitment to freedom. The liberal attitudes to the human nature, progress and the individual, all come together in the very high value place of freedom (Harrison and Boyd 204). This freedom includes so many freedoms. For example, freedom of nations and groups oppression, freedom of economic activity, and freedom of thought and expression. Freedom cannot be absolute, there must be restraint who in exercising their own liberty (Harrison and Boyd 205). The government should therefore create the condition in which moral life is possible and the wildest possible
Modern American Liberalism combines social liberalism with support for social justice and a mixed economy and value institutions that defend against economic inequality It is a form of social liberalism developed from progressive ideals. It enhances social liberalism and social progressivism while also supporting the important social issues of todays society. These include addressing inequality, voting rights for minorities, reproductive and other women's rights, support for same-sex marriage, and immigration reform. John F. Kennedy defined a liberal as follows: