I agree with the passage about violence in this neighborhood. The violence is getting way out of control and I think that it’s that way because the people in this neighborhood are really taking their problems out of proportion. It’s like the only way to handle a situation is to shoot someone and I don’t think that that’s the best way to calm things down. People are not realizing that shooting only makes the situation worse on both sides of the gate. They’re not realizing that hurting someone in another family only resolves to someone being or getting hurt in their family. I think that if someone can introduce a better way of living to those people with reckless minds, this will be a better environment to live in.

I also feel that even though we are living in one violent neighborhood that we can avoid getting ourselves hurt. I ‘m assuming that because there are some people that act as if they don’t have enough since to walk away from an altercation going bad. I think that is one of the main reasons this place is so violent. The people in this community are feeling themselves too much. It’s as if they can't avoid a bad situation. Everyone just has to be the best and can’t be beaten and I think that’s what’s bringing our black people down. I have been in a bad situation before and I handled it in a mature way because I know what the outcome would have been. I may act as if I can’t be taken down but I know who I would act like that against.


Kadar Bell
8th Period
4/17/08