Oct 24 2008
Collisions
This is a short story I wrote for a morality class in school. Enjoy. This is just the introduction, more will follow tomorrow.
For years, the largest minority group in the
United States of America had been the African-American population. Black people became accustomed to being the largest minority group in
America, almost to the extent that they were not much of a minority. However, over the past decade or so, an influx of Hispanic immigrants has arrived in
America. Millions of people have emigrated, legally and illegally, from places in Central and South America, especially
Mexico. Because of this sudden incursion of the Hispanic population, the African-American populace was replaced as the largest minority. The usurping of the position as the largest minority by the Hispanics caused tension across the nation, often resulting in violence and loss of life.
“Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!” the principal heard the students cry heartily, as yet again two separate groups of students broke out in a vicious fight. The groups were, of course, separated by race. One group was the black crowd, and the other group was the slightly larger Hispanic crowd. At
Morningside
High School in Inglewood, Los Angeles, and in hundreds of other high schools across
America, fights like these were becoming more and more common. The principal wondered what started the fight this time, if there was even a reason; most of these fights were started out of ignorance and fear. However, the reason was irrelevant; the outbreak of violence was the problem.
