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DARREN'S THOUGHTS ON MELBA

By: DARREN B.
Ohio, Age 14


If I was in Melba's situation I would be very scared because I could die any day. I wouldn't go to school if my life was threatened everyday by my peers. Also I would feel very disrespected because of my race. After a while I would start to feel very violent because people want to hurt me I'm going to feel like hurting them. But I wouldn't hurt them because it would make the situation worse. Then I would just go and get better grades then the whites students just to make them mad on the inside instead of phsicly hurt.



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