https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6 Padlet wall for ELA Outsiders Project en-us 2017-10-18 14:37:07 UTC 2023-10-02 12:33:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 10192658 https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212130194 In 2015, Yemen began suffering from a conflict that has lead to human desperation for humanitarian aid. Before the conflict, it had already been challenged with high poverty rates and a lack of health services. Due to closure of the country's ports, (air, land, and sea) the infrastructure of the country has been destroyed. This has continually lead to many more issues, such as disease outbreaks with no treatment. A mere 8,000 miles away, many in the US buy unnecessary items for no good reason other than to have it. In the US, many of its citizens are privileged. People can get remarkable education, put food on the table, and clothe their children. Richer nations have the privilege to be able to support themselves. As we've seen, there are also many who can't.]]> 2017-12-01 02:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212130194 10192658 https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212131953 Many of us have had the privilege of inspiration. Someone has inspired us to play a sport, or take part in an activity. These can shape us as people. However, those who don't have that privilege have a much harder time succeeding. There's no success without opportunity. In Kendrick Lamar's song "Duckworth", he explains that he was almost never a rapper. He was almost not the successful recording artist he is today. Part of Lamar's backstory is that his dad convinced him to become a rapper instead of risking his life in a gang. Growing up in poor in Compton, California, a place with high crime rates, there was a large chance he'd join a gang as he had no better opportunity. His father, who worked at a KFC when Kendrick was a child, successfully avoided his own murder in a robbery of the restaurant. By carefully planning his escape, he saved his son's chance at leaving his lower class life. While not privileged at the beginning, he had the chance many others will never get. Just think. What if we had never heard of Kendrick Lamar.]]> 2017-12-01 02:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212131953 10192658 https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212133715 As many know, Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947 when he became the first non-white player to play for an MLB team. Branch Rickey, the legendary Dodgers manager, made it all possible. Before this, every black baseball star had to play in the "Negro Leagues", a league created for people of color. Negro League teams, at some points, were arguably as good as MLB teams. Since it wasn't the MLB, however, they never got the coverage or fan base that the former did. Players such as Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, and Cool Papa Bell would have undoubtedly been major league hall-of-famers. With their remarkable talent, they also could have been the first people of color in the MLB. At that time, there was no Branch Rickey. Jackie Robinson was privileged (and lucky!) to have a coach willing to take the risk and the heat of drafting an African American star. Because of this, Jackie Robinson paved the way for many other racial baseball breakthroughs]]> 2017-12-01 02:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212133715 10192658 https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212475358 At the beginning of the book, when Ponyboy is describing the two gangs, he says “...Socs. I’m not sure how you spell it, but it’s an abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-Side rich kids. It’s like the term “greaser”, which is used to class all us boys on the East side. We’re poorer than the Socs...”. This already shows that Socs are privileged. To them, greasers are just lower class scum. If the greasers can recognize that Socs are richer, they might just be privileged...There is plenty of evidence all throughout the book stating that greasers are the lower-class, non-entitled gang, as opposed to the Socials.]]> 2017-12-02 03:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212475358 10192658 https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212476126 Of human ignorance I am almost in despair
For racism is around me everywhere
But like they say sheer ignorance is bliss
Just like Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss.

Some people carry their honour in a flag
And of their Nationality they brag
They feel superior and they differentiate
And against those who are different they discriminate.

So many people still judged by their race
For such there never ought to be a place
'A fair go' those untruthful words I do recall
There is no such a thing as a 'fair go for all'.

Though we live in a so called democracy
Of racism we never will be free
They judge you by where you come from and the colour of your skin
For many equality and respect seems impossible to win.

It's been awhile since the days of Martin Luther King
His name to it has a familiar ring
If against racism he did not choose to strive
Today the great man he would be alive.

So many holding the reins of power not spiritually aware
And racism is around me everywhere
And racism only leads to division and war
Just goes to show how ignorant some are. 

Above is a poem by Francis Duggan about how bad the effects of racism are. Unfortunately, we still have issues with racism in the US. While it is a privilege to be an American citizen, sometimes it has it’s downfalls. Sometimes, certain types of people have a loss of privilege just based on their race, religion, or gender.]]> 2017-12-02 04:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/10192658/5nhp0053g7v6/wish/212476126