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I am thankful for the amazing people I have in my life. From my family, to my best friends, to my peers, even to people that say excuse me in the hallway. My friends and family are the most amazing part of my life. I look forward to seeing them everyday. Sometimes we don’t get along but that’s just life. I love them with all my heart and I can’t thank them enough for being by my side even though I am a really big embarrassment.Without them my life would be completely different. I’m happy with the way my life is as of right now and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I am thankful for all my teachers. They give me the opportunity to grow and learn. They are there when I need them.  I am just thankful for everything in my life, My struggles, my hard times, music, food, books, coloring, laughter, and animals. Without all these things in my life, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.

Racism in the south is getting horrendous. Lynch mobs, racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, and just the plain hatred for blacks is getting dangerous. They are putting people, even children, in danger.

The Sunday before local resident Tom Robinson’s trial, a drunken lynch mom was out to get him. That night, three young local children, Jeremy Finch, Jean Louise Finch, and Charles Baker Harris, got in the middle of it. Let it be known that the area was pitch black and these men were extremely dangerous. These kids could have gotten seriously hurt, or worse, killed. Now think if these children were your own. You would want to put an end to this right away, right?

Attacking innocent black people for being black is so wrong. We brought them here, tortured them, separated them from their families, killed them, beat them, and they are the bad guys? I do not understand the logic behind this. Why must it be like this? Is it because we are not used to minorities? Whatever the reason might be, it is not logical to hate somebody because their appearance.

What is different about us? We are all one. Why must the color of our skin define who we are? The hatred for blacks is unnecessary. Mark 17:31, Love thy neighbor as yourself. God does not see color, he sees character. Why must you not do the same?

Maybe I am just not looking close enough, maybe I am not southern enough to feel the hatred. I don’t know. I just don’t. Maybe I am not seeing something here. Are they in the wrong for being black? What if it were whites being oppressed? Maybe think about that.

Keith Beauchamp became obsessed with the murder of Emmett Till more than 20 years ago. He became so interested that he wanted to spread the word about his unjust murder. He went to colleges and presented his documentary “The Untold Story of Emmett Till”  and urged the police to reopen the case. Stanley Nelson was also interested in the case and made his own documentary. His documentary, “The Murder Of Emmett Till” won him a couple of awards. When he showed his documentary, he insisted that the watchers mail letters to the attorney general of Mississippi so the case could be reopened. 

Emmett Till was badly beaten and shot in Money, Mississippi for whistling at a white woman. After Emmett’s dead body got sent back to Chicago, his mother, Mami Mobley, made a grave decision to let everybody see her son’s brutally beaten body. She made that decision to show everybody his body because she wanted to make a statement. After she did so, more black rights movements started. 

 Stanley Nelson’s film, “The Murder Of Emmett Till”, won an Emmy award. Nelson was extremely proud of his work of his documentary. He said it was a great feeling to be a part of this experience. Nelson said “The film was hard to make, it was emotional to make, it was also an honor to make”. 

The most inspirational person in my life is my grandpa. His past is like debris after a 5 EF rated tornado, yet he ignores it. He’s the strongest person I know. His father left him and his mother was only there for a spasmodic time. He grew up poor and kept himself effaced. He wanted to go to college to study law but that wasn’t an option for him because he did not have the finances to go to college. So, he decided to go into the airforce. He quit when my biological grandma left with my mom. He had to fight to get my mom. After all those dilemmas, he’s still here and happy. He’s always there for me and he will never leave me. I have a very large breach in my heart for him. Without him, I don’t know where I’d be. I’m so lucky to have somebody like my papal in my life. 

What scares me the most? I’d say losing my friends. I don’t want to relinquish my friends because I need them. Sure, natural disasters are scary and so is death but, not having anybody there for you or nobody to have a laugh with you is cumbersome. Not having friends is a perennial pain that I probably wouldn’t be able to handle. My friends mean the world to me and not having them would kill me. Without my friends, I would be depressed and never be able to make it anywhere. They are my support and they always help me do my best. They keep me from being spurious and mean. Without them, my life would be a muddle.

My life mixtape is many different genres and it is all over the place. My first one is Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd. This is the first song in my life mixtape because this was my first favorite song. I would always get my pink microphone and sing my heart out to this song for my family whenever I played this song. I had a little MP3 player and this was the only song on it until my mother got tired of hearing the song. Lynyrd Skynyrd was and always will be one of my favorite bands.

 

My second song would be The Best Of Worlds by Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana was one of my favorite shows when I was little. I loved Hannah Montana with a burning passion. I would scream this song whenever Hannah Montana came on.

 

Another song to add on my mixtape would be Yeah by Usher. This is my cousin Zalton and I’s song from when we were kids. Every time this song came on, we’d dance and sing with each other. My cousin and I used to be really close so this song still brings me nostalgia. I still love this song.

 

My final song is the most recent. The song is called Could Have Been me by The Struts. This song is on here because one of my best friends compared me to this song. This song is special to me because I’ve never been compared to a song and I love it. My friend said the song reminded him of me because this song is great and so am I.

 

I have always been a love crazy little girl. I always had a new crush every week. I do remember my first crush was Ice Cube. I still love Ice Cube but back then I was absolutely crazy about him. he was he rapped so good and his movies were so good. I would practice his mad face ever single day because I thought it was the cutest thing ever. I loved his big, brown eyes and his style. I think my favorite thing about him was his music and his mad face. I remember I had two pictures of him on my bed. I barely remember things about my crush on him but I do remember crying because my dad told me he was too old for me. Now, Ice Cube has a couple of sons that are close to my age.

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