MLK+Writing

Discrimination and prejudice are a big part of today’s society. Although Martin Luther King Jr. fought against it, this still remains imminent. Martin Luther King Jr. did do much to lower the rate of prejudice and discrimination; however a person can find it everywhere if they just open their eyes. Another thing that King set out to abolish was segregation. He succeeded on getting it removed lawfully, but people still do it to themselves. Most people are guilty of one of these things one way or another, whether they know it or not. For example,Washington High School is probably one of the most segregated places in the area. First of all there is the E-wing. The E-wing is where 90 percent of the Africans at Washington spend most of their time. If a person has never stepped foot in Washington High School, he would probably know something was going on between the races. Another example is the lockers at the beginning of the A-wing connecting the two hall ways. This area is where all of the Latino kids hang out. There are more examples of self segregation here at WHS. Although these segregations are not set in stone by school policies, chances are they will still remain throughout the years to come.
 * MLK Writing Prompt **

Not only does segregation play a large role in the Washington High School society, so does prejudicial actions and discrimination. The first thing that needs to be talked about is the prejudice people of Washington High School. No matter what happens this will always play a large role in the student body. It is kind of hidden, but it is most definitely there. The best example of prejudice actions at Washington High School is simply the way students of different races talk to one another. Another example is how some students of color call the white kids “White Boy” or “Cracker.” It is the same both ways. There are many Caucasian kids who do the same thing to the African and Latino kids, the fact is that Caucasians are the only one being racist. Discrimination is also largely a part of today’s society. It can go all the way from kids yelling at each other, to small things as simple as not wanting to go into the E-wing because it smells. Even though the E-wing has a distinct smell, there is no proof that it is from the people in it. There could be many reasons to why it smells that way. Like for instance there are days that all of the food classes are making a project at the same time. When all the smells of all that different food get mixed together it probably does not smell all that great. Along with discrimination and segregation there are also prejudices. Prejudice people can some of the worst. Prejudice people are the ones that do all the different kinds of nasty thing that other people heard about and frown upon. These are the kinds of things that are horrible. For example back in Martin Luther King Junior's day the prejudice people of the south would lynch the African American people for no reason at all. The only reason that they did this was because they were different. Martin Luther King Jr. died because of one prejudice person that got the urge to kill another innocent African American. Here at Washington High School some of the prejudice people will yell thing at people of different races. For example they will yell racial slurs and other hurting things like that. There are some reasons and proof that segregation, discrimination, and prejudices are still around today and in Washington High School.

(Editing changes made by Mrs. H - 10/20 - Take care with final editing!)