In this article they talk about the rude, and outraging violence occurring in Chicago gangs. It is really focusing on how these gang activities not just at the school, but around the Chicago area, are really taking a toll on everyone and even innocent individuals. In the article the young boy, Davonta, says that the only way he can sleep is by taking NyQuil. That shows not only that the gang violence is not just a one person situation. It is a situation that has been going on from about 20 to 25 years ago that has escalated and feuds have turned into petty circumstances that young ones can't and refuse to ignore. Something needs to be done about this or it will only elevate to higher reprimand.
The NPR, in my opinion, did not give accurate information. One minute they said that 29 kids were dead then the principal of the school said that there were 27 kids that had died and she kept a record of the names of the kids. I feel that this particular situation has taken a slight elevation since the years have went past. This Chicago gang riot has become outrageous and stupid. It doesn't make since that some innocent kids are being faced with gang assignation and don't even have a choice whether they want to be included in such actions as these. I think that there are several effects to this situation. Of course the killings are number one but what about the hurt feelings,broken hearts of loved ones? What about the trauma and nonrefundable memory of loss of friends and family some of these kids have to face? This particular violence has lead to the damage of right thinking of kids and their reactions to cope with the deaths of ones they loved. This article doesn't just target people in general but it targets our culture and/or generation. Most people now a days automatically think that the only gang violence comes from 'the hood" or mostly African Americans. Honestly that's not true but it targets us the most and makes us look bad. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.” Yeah, it hurts that somebody you love or cared dearly about has been killed by your own kind but going back and killing them one, doesn't solve the problem and two, makes it seem like we dislike our own race. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't want us to fall apart but to become one and realize that breaking apart would make us look like fools and loose faith in ourselves, each other, and also in life.
The NPR, in my opinion, did not give accurate information. One minute they said that 29 kids were dead then the principal of the school said that there were 27 kids that had died and she kept a record of the names of the kids. I feel that this particular situation has taken a slight elevation since the years have went past. This Chicago gang riot has become outrageous and stupid. It doesn't make since that some innocent kids are being faced with gang assignation and don't even have a choice whether they want to be included in such actions as these. I think that there are several effects to this situation. Of course the killings are number one but what about the hurt feelings,broken hearts of loved ones? What about the trauma and nonrefundable memory of loss of friends and family some of these kids have to face? This particular violence has lead to the damage of right thinking of kids and their reactions to cope with the deaths of ones they loved. This article doesn't just target people in general but it targets our culture and/or generation. Most people now a days automatically think that the only gang violence comes from 'the hood" or mostly African Americans. Honestly that's not true but it targets us the most and makes us look bad. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.” Yeah, it hurts that somebody you love or cared dearly about has been killed by your own kind but going back and killing them one, doesn't solve the problem and two, makes it seem like we dislike our own race. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't want us to fall apart but to become one and realize that breaking apart would make us look like fools and loose faith in ourselves, each other, and also in life.