Melba is my name. I was one of the first black students in the United States to attend an all-white high school. My friends and I had to fight racism in its many forms throughout our lives. I had to transition from a being a normal teenage girl to one of the tough warriors. When i started school at Central High School, I had no idea of the strong discomfort I would had needed to face.…
They found Maurice Stanley’s decomposing body at the factory grounds. He’d been lynched, the media concluded. He must have deserved it, they whispered under their breaths, or said much louder. After all, a people as wretched as his kind did deserve no better fate…. but did they, really?…
Lennie. Lennie! Lennie! George. George, I didn't...…
[B]Do not steal! Don't use for your Oc or Role plays! I was looking threw furry amino looking for someone to commission and I came across Taru, I asked her if i could commission her and she said yes. She then explained to me the prices and what i needed to do to commission her, She was very very good at communicating with me.…
Racism Script Characters Script 1 Bianca: Angela Bethany: Jessica Carl: A witness who tries to do something you unusual Jerry: Dad Bianca:* gives out invitations* Bethany: Hey, where’s my invitation? Bianca: Uhhhhhhhhhhh...... Bethany: Is there something wrong?…
PART A CREATIVE RESPONSE TO A TEXT OPTION C ACT 4 SCENE 1 A dimly-lit nightclub, reeking of imported cigarettes and potent alcohol. LEWIS is standing at the overcrowded bar ordering two vodka shots, one for himself and one for CHERRY who should be entering the nightclub any minute. CHERRY: [tapping Lewis’s shoulder] You finally decide to write back to me huh?…
Cast: Phil: Tall, black hair, pale in complexion. Piercing blue eyes and a matching tie over his plain white t-shirt. Has lived in America all of his life and feels like he knows what is best for the country, even though he is only 24.…
I have seen the guys that go around on ranches alone. That are dreadful people,. they do not have any fun, after a long time they get mean. They get wanting to fight all the time. This is true about people in general, consequently, when people do a job just for the money they do not get joy out of doing it.…
Hi, this is Naomi and yesterday I noticed that my grade went down and I saw that it was for forgetting to turn in Investigation 9. I did turn it in later that night, but I know you do not grade them. I am concerned about my grade, and I am curious if it will still get graded. Thank you and I am sorry for the inconvenience I…
"I don't know Fal's, he's had a screw loose ever since he became a vamp. My best guess is that some people handle immortality better than others and he was damn wrecked when he heard you were dead. " I was trying to make it not seem so bad what he'd done but it freaked me out and I'd seen a lot of screwed up shit so yeah, it fucking bad.…
There is no doubt that I’ve been through a lot. Only 9 years old, and Atticus says I’ve been through more than any adult ever has or should. I can tell he’s worried about me. He thinks I’m emotionally scarred or something. After all, I’m still his little girl, the one who would crawl into his lap and learn to read the newspaper with him.…
“We’re going to have to go through the back, because if a nigga sees you, they’re going to attack you.” I was quiet, my hands were beginning to sweat, and I think I was in need of the bathroom to shit. Once we got to the strip club, my eyes went wild seeing the lights flicker crazy through the floor. Weed and alcohol slaps my nose as they enter my nose making me cringe.…
"A wise man once told me that smoke never dissipates. Rather it just spreads into a haze that the untrained eye cannot see. I surmise the smoke he mentioned was my mask. Yet when I look back, I see he had one too.” -Louis-Sanford Drake Thrown into the locker by Garrison-Harris Brook, the local bully, I had felt a thirst for something I never wanted on my hands.…
The sweltering humidity of my jail cell precipitated down my spine as I sat in deep thought. Stagnant darkness surrounded me, and the only noise present was my steady breath and pounding heartbeat. I noticed a growl in my stomach and my one good hand trembled. My head swirled as my body seemed to malfunction, and I could not pinpoint what I was feeling. Anxiety and nervousness competed with hope and appreciation to occupy my mind.…
Where you are on the map cannot determine when you’re home. Instead, where you are with your members in your intimate circles does. “Well, I -- I think that it -- that it wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em -- and it's that -- if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!…