https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3 1. Out of the three issues we have explored this week, which has had the biggest NEGATIVE impact on the African American community in Baltimore? Why do you think this? 2. Would D. Watkins agree or disagree with you? Pull one piece of text evidence to support your answer. en-us 2018-02-23 16:34:11 UTC 2025-10-19 15:31:27 UTC hello@padlet.com brynncsmith https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234783187 I believe that unhealthy food has had the greatest negative impact on the African-American community in Baltimore. I understand that there are other issues that exist for this community, but if you eat unhealthfully, it will shorten your life and limit your future prospects. 

D. Watkins describes this issue perfectly in his vignette, "What's to Eat?". He mentions, "We are marching and protesting against police brutality, but biscuits and gravy and macaroni and cheese are probably killing us at a more alarming rate." (99) Even if we figure out the solutions to police brutality and negative influences of technology, we still are bound to a life of illness because of what we eat and where we live.]]> 2018-02-23 16:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234783187 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234829561 I believe that unhealthy food has the most greatest negative impact In this African American Society In Baltimore. I think this because all us people do is eat junk food and fast food because it's very cheap and with that being cheap it can shorten people lives and mess up future prospects ,  Because it will attract many people because of the cost of it and just how it looks (It Attracts many people) but Actually It's made with many things that you would've think of and it's not very good (it's going to catch up with you) maybe not right away.

I think In the book The Beast Side -D Watkins It has a very interesting quote relating to why I think It has the greatest impact on us.. Quote:"Loads of sugar and some yellow dye #5 mixed with a bunch of other pronounceable chemicals all conjoined and neatly packaged in eye catching wrapping paper " page (95) Another quote:" Poor eating habits have been plaguing the black community since the days of slavery , when captured African Americans were given scraps , filth and unpronounceable parts of the pig for breakfast , lunch , and dinner." I believe all of these quotes are relating to why I think this affects our community.

]]> 2018-02-23 18:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234829561 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234829565 I believe  that community violence and police brutality is the highest impact on African American life. Community can impact us in many ways. Like people without their parent because their parents made a bad decision in the community now the kid has a big chance of being around negative people and doing negative thing. When people grow around negative they will become negative. How can u be positive when its so easy to do and get into things that can get you in bad problems."It's easier to get a gun than a job in east Baltimore." (pg32) In the community everybody killing everybody people robbing highschool kids killing people for no reason. This force everybody to keep a gun on them an force them to protect their self an kill somebody else and police is killing them. "African American males are being hunted from multiple directions.We killing each other, We killed by sociopaths like...an then the cop." (pg33) The police is killing people so the kids growing up saying F... the police an throw stuff at their car cause they killed a brother or etc. Now they think they is not safe with police so they will grow up thinking they can handle everything by their self by doing something negative.]]> 2018-02-23 18:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234829565 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234829895 Technology and social Media has a big impact in your enviroment. I can't believe  you look at face pics and dull food shots whiling driving. I can't sit in class for a hour without checking my IG, and I know you said it's making me fail, but I can't do it!]]> 2018-02-23 18:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234829895 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830089 I believe that community violence and police brutality has the greatest negative impact on the African-American community in Baltimore. I understand that there are other issues that exist for our community, but when there are a lot of murders and crimes happening in Baltimore, it makes everything seem not important and when you walking down the street and you fear for your life it makes everything seem not as important.

D.Watkins describes this issue perfectly in his vignette, and also on the website www.killedbythepolice.net it has a lot of people that has gotten killed by the police. ]]> 2018-02-23 18:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830089 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830165 i believe that community violence and police brutality has the greatest negative impact on African American community in baltimore because almost everyday people are getting killed or getting shot at that's why most kids don't have there parents or there grandparents  or there there borther or sister got shot by the police and they are missing 

D. Watkins describes this issue perfectly in his vignette, Cops Kill Blacks in America

]]> 2018-02-23 18:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830165 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830270 I think that the Community Violence and Police Brutality has the biggest impact on the African American lives today. 
And in the text D. Watkins says ''Red and blue flashing lights were knocking against my rear-view mirror and blinking on my cell as I scrolled through text, Red, white, and blue are supposed to mean freedom right? Not if you are black- and never in this situation.''
And that shows that in Baltimore city for African American community, that if you get pulled over you  could be risking your life, but not might be the same if you are white. And 1,000 of people die from police officers everyday when it was just a normal traffic stop rutine could turn into planning your funeral. That's why i think community violence and police brutality is the biggest impact on African American community.]]> 2018-02-23 18:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830270 randybelton55 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830298 i believe that unhealthy food has the most impact on African Americans in Baltimore city because not eating healthy foods can bring a lot of health damage in people's future and cause diabetes and heart attacks
pg 96" how healthy can overcooked greens soaked in pork fat be?"]]> 2018-02-23 18:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830298 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830403 I believe the technology and social media impact African American and that people sometimes do what people do on social media and people sometimes focus on whats going on around them and also Social media can pull kids away from their education in D. Watkins vignette it says,"  If we all know that these kids are going to be in the same place at the same time with their eyes locked on the same social networks, why can't we find a way to reach them there and educate them?" This shows that kids are slipping and not getting enough education instead social media.]]> 2018-02-23 18:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830403 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830808 i think its community violence and police brutality because the 2nd side of the book is about violence or police brutality "cops are the terrorists in our neighborhoods"]]> 2018-02-23 18:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830808 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830891 I believe that community violence  has the biggest negative impact in the city of Baltimore. I think that the reason young boys and girls act bad in school is because of the environment they live in. Also the reason people don't like the police is because the police are mean and disrespectful to people and they kill innocent people. 
In the book D.Watkins says ''Cops are the terrorists in our neighborhood''. This quote shows that the police are not helping in the community they are the ones that are making it worst. this is why I think our neighborhood violence has the strongest impact in the city of Baltimore.]]> 2018-02-23 18:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830891 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830922 i believe that community violence and police brutality has the biggest NEGATIVE impact on the African American community. the other choices are negative too but this one is causing people their lives or have them in fear of losing it.

in the vignette "Cops kill blacks in America"  D. Watkins says " im a student and a teacher in one of the most dangerous and illiterate places in the United States, meaning that i pose a threat to nothing but my liver. My tax dollars from the small amount of money i receive pay them to fuck me over." He also says "Now our neighborhoods are full of racist cops who just harass, plunder and kill."  These two quotes clearly describe the police brutality and the  violence happening in the community.
violence and police brutality is whats killing us the most rather that social media and eating unhealthy foods. More people drop dead every day from killing each other or getting killed by a police officer who is supposed to be protecting them. ]]> 2018-02-23 18:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830922 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830965 I believe that police should stop all this brutality to people in the U.S and that they should be punished for what they did, I  feels as though police do this to people mainly blacks because they think that they're doing something good for the environment thinking that they are going to get badges o rewards for killing them, and also that police would just kill a black person for no reason, so say if a black person going into their house at night and a cop around and that person lives in a good neighborhood and a police officer could just think that their breaking into that house just because their black and arrest them or shoot them. or when a cop pull a black person over and start to get aggressive with them then beat them badly or kill them. " He was that twenty-four-year-old kid from north Carolina who took ten shots because he needed help from a cop." " A racist cop quickly arrived on the scene and helped himself to a young black target. He probably salivated at the notion of killing a killing black kid, probably dreaming about the awards medals, and Zimmerman love he'd receive as he aimed and squeezed."  ]]> 2018-02-23 18:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234830965 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234831584 I believe that community violence and police  brutality  is very bad  in Baltimore .The police keep killing young black boys and  the police are abusing there power. In the book it say" Red and Blue flashing light were knocking against my rearview mirror blinking on my cell as i scrolled through text. Red , white, and blue is supposed to mean freedom right? Not If you are black and never in this situation" by D. Watkins]]> 2018-02-23 18:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234831584 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234833562 I believe that community violence and police brutality affect african american neighborhoods heavily

]]> 2018-02-23 18:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234833562 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234833637 I believe that social media has the biggest impact on the African american community because when you go on Instagram you see people arguing creating problems everyone's dissing each other and in school students will be checking their Instagram every second in class.

D. Watkins says in his text "he went to tell me that he IGs or "chases the gram" before he goes to sleep, when he wakes up, and when he drives. This should be a safety concern for Tyree because he could get into a car accident he also goes and checks his ig before he sleeps and when he wakes up which is a addiction for him in the text D. Watkins also says " his eyes welled up i cant sit in class for a hour without checking my ig, and i know you said its making me fail, but i cant do it!' this is saying his addiction is so bad he cant go 1 hour without checking his Instagram while in class and he knows its failing him but continues to do it.]]> 2018-02-23 18:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234833637 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234835275 I believe that police brutality and community violence has a big impact on the African American community in Baltimore City because a lot of black people are dying due to police brutality. Some innocent people are killed for no reason and some are pulled over for no reason as well. "Red and blue flashing lights were knocking against my rear-view mirror and blinking on my cell as I scrolled through text. Red, white, and blue is supposed to mean freedom right? Not if you are black and never in this situation. This quote means that when you are black in this situation, most times, it's not good.]]> 2018-02-23 18:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234835275 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234836144 i believe that Violence and police brutality have the biggest impact on the African American community because there are many African Americans in Baltimore who are somewhat afraid of police and some of them just don't mind then whatsoever. In Baltimore the amount of Violence in multiple African American communities as well. "It's easier to get a gun than a job in Baltimore. I went to Fat Hands and Naked's crib with 300$ and came out with two toned .45 that had a cracked safety" (pg 32). i chose this quote because i think it means that African American people in Baltimore would rather have a gun than have their own jobs]]> 2018-02-23 18:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234836144 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234836750 I believe that community violence and police brutality has a big negative impact on all African-American environments around Baltimore city. I believe this because you can just be doing your own thing and the police can just stop you and they would stereotype you assume that you are up to no good and just kill you.]]> 2018-02-23 18:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234836750 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234837935 i just wanted to say i love food]]> 2018-02-23 18:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234837935 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234841906 this is insane how there are more blacks than whites who are obies because we keep eating soacked green. There are alot of kids who eat alot of candy i can relate myself and that candy can mess your teeth and you a big impact."i shared every mornign eating twix everymorning to elementrary ,middle and thr reason we alled had meth-mouth-mouth looking teeth with chopped up incisors and rotten molars" so i think we could eat healthy snacks everyday to school juust to eat on a long day.]]> 2018-02-23 18:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234841906 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234843083 if you go to the site killedbypolice.net and add up all the death in 5 years you should get 5,652 people killed by the police that's why one chapter in the book is called "cops are terrorists in our neighborhoods"]]> 2018-02-23 18:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234843083 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234844963 2018-02-23 18:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234844963 https://padlet.com/brynncsmith/debate3/wish/234845311 i believe that community violence and police brutality have a huger affect on  African-American society in baltimore M.D. i feel as if that bigot polices are the reason why this is happening the feel as if just because they got the badge that they can say what they want and do what they want they make african-american feel as if slavery never have end it 



killed by the police .net explain that 5,400 people been killed and majority have been african american men

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