"Freedom Writers", as the name suggests, writers who write for the purpose of freedom. This story tells a tale how racism is manufactured, and can be overcome through patience, compromise and love.
4 terms that can be used to describe the situation in the classroom before the students were unified - "discrimination, segregation, prejudice and stereotypes."
Minorites, the likes of African Americans, Asians, Hispanics etc were discriminated on a daily basis. For example, Ms. Gruwell's class. Her students were mostly from racial minority background, and was discriminated at school in a sense that they were deemed not intelligent and was placed in a lower class.
Segregation also happened within the class. Students with the same racial background would group together and form sections within the classroom. Everyone had their own "gang" and was segregated amongst each other.
Prejudism however was also another glaring effect of the toxic situation in America. Prejudism often caused conflicts between groups of different racial identities that it would trigger fights and worst, murder cases. It was toxic to the extent that it would be dangerous for any minority to walk outside alone, because that means they might get killed.
Lastly, stereotypes. This means there is a pre-conceived notion that a certain individual is associated to determined based on an aspect like race. For example, most of the honours class students were white, rich male and females whilst lower classes were students from minority racial backgrounds. This means, Caucasions deem themselves more intellectual and deem others worthless for education.
I admire the spirit Ms. Gruwell has for teaching. Her passion and her determination to help students who were previously toxic against her is something I look up to. If only teacher everywhere could have such a spirit, that they not only teach but inspire others to learn and build a community united, far away from discrimination and prejudism, the world would be a better place.
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