Social Media Influence On Marlon

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It’s amazing how in 30 minutes you could learn almost everything about a person. Some might say social media makes it easier to learn about people, I disagree. An open face to face conversation is a hundred times better and thanks to this assignment, we were all able to have just that. I spoke with many of my classmates and they were all unique and interesting, but one person singled out the most, Marlon Sharpton. Many know him, but not his story. Marlon was born in North Philadelphia, one of the worst places in Pennsylvania. He lived in a violent atmosphere and had many bad influences around him. Marlon lived in North Philly till he was 12 and moved to Northeast Philadelphia, a safer environment, but he still does have bad influences surrounding …show more content…

He has played in a lot of different teams and has a lot of different experiences, regarding sports, but in the interview he fair-haired out one occurrence, that happened in the summer. He was playing in a basketball tournament that was being held in a white suburban neighborhood. His team was up by 20 points in the third quarter, he had 17 points and they were literally the only multi-racial team in the tournament. Before starting this game they had eliminated two other teams and each win was by 30 points. Being in such a suburban area, he noticed that all eyes were on his team, but the looks weren’t based on gratitude but looks of hatred. They couldn’t stand to see their race being humiliated and vanquished. Marlon said the referees huddled up and had a 5 minute talk and that’s when things got inequitable or unjust. At the start of the fourth quarter, the ball was supposed to go to Marlon’s team, but the referees gave it to the other team. The refs started calling very unfair and controversial calls causing Marlon’s team to be eliminated and the other team to proceed to the championship. Marlon said this is something that happens every day to many other

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