In leadership class with Mr. Davenport we were learning
about two great leaders in our past. They were Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B.
Dubois. While learning about these leaders, W.E.B. Dubois came up with an
interesting question. How does it feel to be a problem. This aroused several
questions within the class, and it became a discussion on our own status.
The thought of being a problem, not only to other people, but to the society had me roused up. I've thought long and hard about what W.E.B Dubois said on how it feels to be a problem. The only thing that comes up to mind is my ethnicity. I've realized that the community I live in doesn't have me feel like I am a problem, but when I reach college I might feel it. They might look at me different because I’m not Caucasian, but may look cause of the color of my skin. The only way I can think to make a difference in my life is to stand up for me, and the rest who are being pushed to believe that they are the problem.
The thought of being a problem, not only to other people, but to the society had me roused up. I've thought long and hard about what W.E.B Dubois said on how it feels to be a problem. The only thing that comes up to mind is my ethnicity. I've realized that the community I live in doesn't have me feel like I am a problem, but when I reach college I might feel it. They might look at me different because I’m not Caucasian, but may look cause of the color of my skin. The only way I can think to make a difference in my life is to stand up for me, and the rest who are being pushed to believe that they are the problem.
So how do you stop yourself from being the problem? How do you make the majority the problem?
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