Summer Reading Project by Alisen Johnson https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan en-us 2018-08-27 19:46:11 UTC 2026-02-07 09:43:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png Theme of The Hate U Give. alisen_johnson54 https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275678048   The theme of this is simply about how racism and prodigious still exist in this nation. Corrupt cops and people who want to point fingers at people just because they look different than yourself, still exists. People who feel the need to not let others have the same rights and treat them poorly even though they have the same genetic make up but they are just a different color. Apparently just because you have a different color of skin, that you didn't have a choice on anyways, makes you more likely to be in a gang or to shoot the cops and lie and steal. “I can't change where I come from or what I've been through, so why should I be ashamed of what makes me, me?” Angie Thomas says in her book saying that you cannot choose your skin so why should it matter. ]]> 2018-08-27 19:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275678048 I'm Not RacistJoyner Lucas alisen_johnson54 https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275684470 With all due respect
I don't have pity for you black n*****, that's the way I feel
Screamin' "Black Lives Matter"
All the black guys rather be deadbeats than pay your bills
Yellin' "n**** this" and "n**** that"
Call everybody "n****" and get a n**** mad
As soon as I say "n****" then everyone react
And wanna swing at me and call me racist 'cause I ain't black
Well pound that then
Talkin' about slavery like you was around back then
Like you was pickin' cotton off the f******' ground back then
Like you was on the plantation gettin' down back then
Aight, look
I see a black man aimin' his gun
But I'd rather see a black man claimin' his son
And I don't mean just for one day and you done
I mean, you still trapped in a rut
And I work my a** off and I pay my taxes for what?
So you can keep livin' off free government assistance?
Food stamps for your children, but you're still tryna sell 'em
For some weed and some liquor or a f*****' babysitter
While you party on the road 'cause you ain't got no f*****' goals?
You already late
You motherf****** needa get your d*** priorities straight
Wait, it's like you're proud to be fake
But you lazy as f*** and you'd rather sell drugs
Than get a job and be straight, and then you turn around and complain
About the poverty rate? F*** outta my face!
You can't escape problems
You can pray for some change but can't break a dollar
Got nobody else to blame, so you blame Donald
"They f*** the world with a Make America Great condom"
My voice been back
I'm not racist, my sister's boyfriend's black
I'm not racist, my sister-in-law's baby cousin Tracy
Got a brother and his girlfriend's black
My head's in the cloud
Heard there's not enough jobs for all the men in your house
Maybe we should build a wall to keep the Mexicans out
Or maybe we should send 'em all to the ghetto for now
I'm not racist and I never lie
But I think there's a disconnect between your culture and mine
I worship the Einsteins, study the Steve Jobs
But you ride 2Pac's d*** like he was a f******' god, oh my god
And all you care about is rappin'
And stuntin' and bein' ratchet, and that's the n***** within you
Music rotting your brain and slowly start to convince you
Then you let your kids listen and then the cycle continues
Blame it all on the menu, blame it on those drinks
Blame it on everybody except for your own race
Blame it on white privileges, blame it on white kids
And just blame it on white citizens, same with the vice president
Bunch of class clowns
N***** kneelin' on the field, that's a flag down
How dare you try to make demands for this money?
You gon' show us some respect, you gon' stand for this country, n*****!
I'm not racist
I'm just prepared for this type of war
I heard Eminem's rap at the awards, who's he fightin' for?
Y'all can take that motherf*****, too, he ain't white no more
It's like you wanna be so famous
You'll do anything for attention and a little payment
I can't take you nowhere without people pointin' fingers
Pants hangin' off your a**, you ain't got no home trainin'?
Put your f*****' pants up, n****! Put that suit back on!
Take that du-rag off! Take that gold out your mouth!
Quit the pitiful stuff
And then maybe police would stop killin' you f****
Yo, what the f***? I'm not racist
It's like we livin' in the same buildin' but split into two floors
I'm not racist
But there's two sides to every story, I wish that I knew yours
I wish that I knew yours
I'm not racist, I swear
With all disrespect
I don't really like you white motherf******, that's just where I'm at
Screaming "All Lives Matter"
Is a protest to my protest, what kind of shit is that?
And that's one war you'll never win
The power in the word "n****" is a different sin
We shouldn't say it but we do, and that just what it is
But that don't mean that you can say it just 'cause you got n**** friends
N****, that word was originated for you to keep us under
And when we use it, we know that's just how we greet each other
And when you use it, we know there's a double meaning under
And even if I wasn't picking cotton physically
That don't mean I'm not affected by the history
My grandmama was a slave, that s*** gets to me
And you ain't got no motherf******* sympathy, you p**** n****!
I'm sorry you can never feel my life
Tryna have faith, but I never felt alright
It's hard to elevate when this country's ran by whites
Judging me by my skin color and my blackness
Tryna find a job but ain't nobody call me back yet
Now I gotta sell drugs to put food in my cabinet
You crackers ain't slick, this is all a part of your tactics
Don't talk about no motherf****** taxes, when I ain't making no dough
You think you know everything but you don't
You wanna copy our slang and everything that we know
Try to steal black culture and then make it your own, whoa
F***, I'm exhausted
I can't even drive without the cops tryna start s***
I'm tired of the systematic racism bull****
All you do is false s***, this the s*** that I'm force fed
And you don't know s*** about my people, that's what bothers you
You don't know about no fried chicken and no barbeque
You don't know about the two-step or no loose change
You don't know about no 2 Chainz or no Kool-Aid, you don't know!
And even though Barack was half as black
You hated president Obama, I know that's a fact
You couldn't wait to get him out and put a cracker back
And then you gave us Donald Trump and now it's payback for that
I'm not racist, I never lied
But I know there's a disconnect between your culture and mine
Yeah, I praise 2Pac like he was a f*****' god
He was fighting for his life way before he f******' died, n****, die n****!
And all you care about is money and power
And being ugly and that's the cracker within you
Hatred all in your brain, it slowly start to convince you
And then you teach it to your children until the cycle continue
Blame it on Puerto Rico, blame it on OJ
Blame it on everybody, except for your own race
Blame it on black n***** and blame it on black citizens
Aim at the black businesses, I ain't saying I'm innocent
But, I might be any day now
Treatin' everybody how you want and any way how
I swear North Korea 'bout to bomb us any day now
And now I'm duckin' everytime I hear a f*****' plane now, s***
You know I make a lot of sense but you just can't admit it
When Eminem went against Trump, that was the illest
'Cause even though he's white, he let us know he standin' with us
I'm not racist, but I cry a lot
You don't know what it's like to be in a frying pot
You don't know what it's like to mind your business
And get stopped by the cops and not know if you 'bout to die or not
You worry 'bout your life, so you take mine
I love you but I f*****' hate you at the same time
I wish we could trade shoes or we could change lives
So we could understand each other more but that'd take time
I'm not racist
It's like we livin' in the same buildin' but splittin' the both sides
I'm not racist
But there's two sides to every story and now you know mine
Can't erase the scars with a bandage
I'm hopin' maybe we can come to an understandin'
Agree to disagree, we could have an understandin'
I'm not racist


 This shows the stereo types that are in and/or stereo types that are associated with black culture that are negatively impacting them to this day. “Once upon a time there was a hazel-eyed boy with dimples. I called him Khalil. The world called him a thug.
He lived, but not nearly long enough, and for the rest of my life I'll remember how he died.
Fairy tale? No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending.”  
]]> 2018-08-27 20:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275684470 Remember the Titans alisen_johnson54 https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275689971   This movie is related to racism because the coach during one season of the movie that the field he was playing on was bloodshed on by his ancestors and that he should show respect for them by being better at football.]]> 2018-08-27 20:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275689971 "Frustration with Racism Is Coming to the Ballot Box" alisen_johnson54 https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275691366    "A new poll on voters’ attitudes in the nation’s most competitive House races showed that when it comes to perceptions of racism, there are two Americas — one in which people of color are distressed by President Trump’s rhetoric and policies and another in which white Americans are far less convinced that there’s a problem." Says The New York Times in a recent article about how racism is affecting the ballots. ]]> 2018-08-27 20:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275691366 Tupac Shakur Changes alisen_johnson54 https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275957249 I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself:
"Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?"
I'm tired of being poor and, even worse, I'm black
My stomach hurts so I'm looking for a purse to snatch
Cops give a d*** about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a n****, he's a hero
"Give the crack to the kids: who the hell cares?
One less hungry mouth on the welfare!"
First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal to brothers
Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
"It's time to fight back," that's what Huey said
Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
I got love for my brother
But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other
We gotta start making changes
Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers
And that's how it's supposed to be
How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
But things change... and that's the way it is

[Talent:]
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah

[2Pac:]
I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right
'Cause both Black and White are smoking crack tonight
And the only time we chill is when we kill each other
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
And although it seems heaven-sent
We ain't ready to see a black president
It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact:
The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks
But some things will never change
Try to show another way, but you staying in the dope game
Now tell me, what's a mother to do?
Being real don't appeal to the brother in you
You gotta operate the easy way
"I made a G today," but you made it in a sleazy way
Selling crack to the kids
"I gotta get paid!", well hey, but that's the way it is

[Talent:]
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah

[2Pac talking:]
We gotta make a change
It's time for us as a people to start making some changes
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
And let's change the way we treat each other
You see the old way wasn't working
So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive

[2Pac:]
And still I see no changes
Can't a brother get a little peace?
It's war on the streets and a war in the Middle East
Instead of war on poverty
They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
But now I'm back with the facts giving it back to you
Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up
Crack you up and pimp-smack you up
You gotta learn to hold your own
They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
But tell the cops they can't touch this
I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this
That's the sound of my tool
You say it ain't cool, my mama didn't raise no fool
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
And I never get to lay back
'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the payback
Some buck that I roughed up way back
Coming back after all these years
"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!" That's the way it is

[Talent:]
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah
(You're my brother, you're my sister)
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
Aww yeah

[2Pac:]
Some things'll never change

This shows that the African American population still feels the effects of racism and slavery. People think that racism isn't a thing anymore just because there isn't anymore slaves but that is far from the truth. ]]> 2018-08-28 16:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275957249 "Georgia Superintendent Allegedly Threatened to Kill Black People in Recorded Racist Rant" alisen_johnson54 https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275960070   Buford City Schools caught and recorded a rant full of racist slurs and comments and even threats to kill "black people" Now he is on terminal leave and has lawsuits filed against him.     “I’ve seen it happen over and over again: a black person gets killed just for being black, and all hell breaks loose. I’ve Tweeted RIP hashtags, reblogged pictures on Tumblr, and signed every petition out there. I always said that if I saw it happen to somebody, I would have the loudest voice, making sure the world knew what went down.
Now I am that person, and I’m too afraid to speak.”  ]]> 2018-08-28 16:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275960070 "Song of the South" alisen_johnson54 https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275963417  Even Disney has racial slurs and disrespect towards the African american population. They have been portrayed through several longs throughout the movies where it just goes right over children's heads like subliminal messages. They also show stereo types of different races through their cartoon animals. ]]> 2018-08-28 17:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alisen_johnson54/8ouj5dwyxkan/wish/275963417