We did not have class on Friday (3/8/13). Today in class
(3/11/13) we read a document about the segregation that still exists in America
today. This racial segregation case was about the “Jena six” these were teens
that were racist and beat up a white man. One of the six was charged with
attempted murder. Nooses were hung by whites from oak trees which were how
African Americans use to be lynched. We learned about Little Rock which was
where the president sent in armed troops to help African Americans get to class
safely. We had a discussion about if we felt that there was segregation in our
lives at school. Segregation does exist in Triton, every day people don’t
acknowledge the people they don’t like and this is a form of segregation. Every
day people sit alone at lunch because some people won’t accept them. Every day
the people who you think are your friends are really talking trash behind your
back. Our class also realized that most people in our school are white and if
there was more African Americans there would be problems, this is awful to
realize but it’s the truth. Although we think of segregation as something in our
history books the cold hard truth is that it’s sitting in front of our faces
today in 2013.
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