American Teens Against Crime

One in 28 American children have a parent behind bars. For instance my dad is in prison for selling drugs. This is absolutely ridiculous to me not because he's my dad but because of the fact that he wasn't harming anyone or hurting anybody. However, he still got 25 years as a minimum sentence! Most of them are incarcerated on drug charges. More people are in prison for drugs than sexual assault. Rapists are sentenced less time in jail than a drug dealer. According to Cameron Probert “The…

extensively for this project by: Reading books such as this one called “Weed the People”. talking regularly with family and friends over the subject, doing my own Personal Research online and at the library, and talking to a couple of supporters and those against marijuana legalization. I have come to a conclusion from all of this research as well. The possession and growing of marijuana should be made recreationally legal on a federal level for those 21 years of age or older. Although…

All American Boys is a young adult novel that focuses on police brutality from the viewpoints of two teenage boys: Rashad Butler, an African American male that has been beaten mercilessly by a policeman, Paul Galluzzo, and Quinn Collins, a witness to the beating. Although it is a fictitious scenario, it depicts real-life encounters between blacks and police, racial profiling, and the corrupt justice system of America. The book illustrates the impact of systematic racism and police brutality,…

event, but to others this is just a way of life. Numerous people believe that only adults can experience depression, although in my research I have found that is wrong. Brent Wagner states that as many as 2 out of 100 young children and 8 out of 100 teens have serious depression (qtd. in Healthwise Staff, par. 3). There are countless solutions to this problem that have occurred, but many have failed. Despite that multiple people believe there is no cure for depression I want to argue that school…

it could be twisted in the hands of our corrupt judicial system. The Stand Your Ground Law is the principle that a person may exert brutal force against someone if they truly believe that they are keeping themselves or someone else out of harm’s way. A person can also defend themselves…

Made in America, the War on Drugs was created by Americans, fought by Americans, against Americans, and ended with consequences that have taken an enormous toll on all citizens, not just those in the African American community. The factious war was a nuclear bomb, filled with racism, with a short fuse that was ignited by all the politicians who ran their campaigned based on “law and order” and felt that certain groups of people, such as African Americans, anti-war participants and more, were…

neighborhood (which led to things like; little Italy or Chinatowns), and would discriminate against them in terms of restricting their job opportunities. In the state…

Home Sweet Home The American dream is something most people in America strive for in their life. The American dream often consists of a nice house with a good job and children running around in the front yard. Children are one of the most important aspects about American society. Watching a child grow and learn new is an important part of not just a child’s life, but also the parents too. Homosexual couples should be able to adopt just like heterosexual couples because they have the same rights…

As a young African-American male once I became a teenager I was hit with some of the things my parents would call real world issues. One of these many issues being racism and stereotyping. I was told by my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles that because of what your skin looks like you will be judged and treated differently on occasion. Only being around thirteen the seriousness my parents and relatives took on the topic shocked me. Being sheltered in a home with two parents, two siblings…

Rap music has enjoyed popularity in American culture. It is a musical art form that tells a story in a fast, shortened word fashion while providing a heavy background beat. The content of rap music covers a wide range. Rap has changed America not only with the message it sends, but with clothing, language, and all the culture it comes with. We can see the power of influence Rap music has had on the recent generation through the 1990s West Coast vs East Coast hip hop scenes in the United States…