SarahNRobertquestions

i think we all are connected by so many ways we look at each other as different because of race and ethnicity. like for black kids raised in the ghetto we think we're the only ones who can survive in the streets and make our own personal yet local hustle. its really messed up because just because your black doesn't make you a street smart person. with white people they are stereotyped to be too uppity and stuck up and afraid of life and rich. this is so wrong because i have met some that are more down to earth than some of the black people i know. you might think oh they have the good life they never been through anything when they go through the same things we go through. not only whites but other races too we all have our problems and they could be same but different. sometimes it depend on how you react on things whether you let things get to you and take you over.
like in the book Our America Lealan and Lloyd both were a part of this documentary session and they both are from the same neighborhood and since they been friends forever they both been through alot together. even though Lealan has been moving up and not looking back while Lloyd has still been slacking off in school putting them on two different paths they both are not going to become the same person. on page 203 of the book it says that lealan will be finishing his senior year on honor roll and captain of the football team and will be going to Howard university. It says on the same page that Lloyd is still in high school and that he has to repeat a grade again. I'm not saying that Lloyd will fail but it shows that we can all be on the same road and whine up on different paths. i feel that its the same way with me and my best friend London we both been through the same stuff growing up sometimes together but even though we are both going down to totally different paths. she has been kicked out of Chicago public schools for life because of her behavior and i am on my way to a journey of college. we always said that we would make it out together but you cant get everything you want unless you work for it and understand don't give up because someone else is crying the same tears whether there in Brazil or Africa or Paris. i just hope to one day get back in touch with her and hopefully save her and let her no i didn't give up and she shouldn't either. i most definitely would say that Lloyd and Lealan deal with fearing the world around them like on page 33 it tells a story about the neighborhood everyday. like when i was eight years old, my cousin willy had a friend named tony and another named little cecil when baby tony came out of jail he was walking through the park when a boy lit him and blew his head off. i remember one time i was over my aunties house house spending the night we were playing super Nintendo and i heard this woman left off about eight shots to this man.and we were just still there like nothing happened they dealt with this stuff everyday and it don't even really affect them which is shameful for a 13 year old.