Literary Analysis Final Quote-Analysis-Theory-connection ‘We Beat the Streets’ is a book based off true events of three men named, Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins and their daily life of living the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Brought down by many things like gang violence, drugs and much more it's tough for these three boys, who don’t know anyone that made it to college. But they had a dream to make it there one day! To be acclimated to the everyday struggle of the lawlessness of the hood and growing up in the ghetto is tough for these three young individuals. Looked at as just more statistics. Although they grew up with substandard role models in an inadequate environment I see them having a lot of injustice in their lives. …show more content…
Evidence from the text to prove what I said is. “Perhaps because we were constantly exposed to crime and negative people like the Bomb, we unconsciously copied the behavior that surrounded us.” pg 35. These boys had a choice in their behavior but the inadequate environment was a heavy influence on their lives at an early age. Evidence from the text to prove my statement is. “...just for the thrill of the chase. But the streets could easily take kids life-whether by drugs or guns of fights or just plain reckless behavior. So much precious untapped talent is lost to the ills of the streets.” pg 59. As young men start to develop they tend to change habits and their way of thinking. Although life's tough where these boys come from and I'm sure for many other people, you should always dream big and strive for success and want to make it in the world. They have the power to make these dreams and complete their goals in life. Evidence from the text to justify my statement is. “I think if a person dreams heard enough, sometimes a door will open to make that dream come true.” pg …show more content…
The injustice of the streets is an everyday thing for them. Evidence from the text to prove my claims is “Nonetheless, a gun was simply part of the scene, as natural to him and his friends as pulling out a candy bar from a pocket.” pg 111. The system for health-care is a dual system which means that minorities in poorer places get less care than others around America which is a horrible thing, this is most definitely injustice. Quotes from the text to prove my statement correct is. “... and all those classified as poor in this country receive less than adequate treatment in facilites that are far outsripped by hospitals and clinics in wealthier neighborhoods.” pg. 135 It's hard for these three young men growing up in such an unearthly place. No matter who you are, your qualifications, where you originate from or the the complexion of your skin you can make it in the macrocosm with just the right ethos. I found power and injustice really big in the this story due to the fact that they had the power to make and want to make it through high school and into college and the fact that they get mistreated by caucasian people in the area they attend college and by the police
The book We Beat the Street by DRS. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck hunt is a captivating autobiography about three boys, Sampson, Rameck, and George, who overcame several obstacles and became important doctors. This story took place in the dangerous location of Newark, New Jersey, in the 1980-1990’s. Violence, peer pressure, and drugs were often found in this location, so the majority of people were greatly impacted by the negativity around them. In this book, Sampson and Rameck were involved in unfortunate situations, and often had to face severe consequences, some as serious as being arrested.
into a man in the poor city slums and all of the issues that a black man has to
Being a minority in the United States has and will possibly always been a struggle. With the economy being in shams and minimum wage becoming career, minorities have multiple issues that society is unaware especially in health care. A large percent of minorities are the majority of workers of America, in which requires the most of the health care distribution. But are they receiving the proper access to health care and prescription access based on their ethnicity/race? Discrimination and racism continue to be a part of the unbalancing inequality in society and have adversely affected minority populations, and the health care system in general. Analyzing some of the racial disparities in health care among Americans are modifications in both need and access. Minorities are most likely to need health care but are less likely to receive health care services, including proper drug access.
Imagine having to run away from your hometown with thousands of other boys you don’t know. Then imagine having to walk 16 hours a day to provide dirty water for your family. Well there’s a boy named Salva that had to run away and walk thousands of miles not knowing where he’s going or where is family is. But for a girl named Nya she had to persevere walking through the hot weather stepping on thorns for 16 hours everyday just to provide dirty water for their family. Nya and Salva have a hard and sad life, but they couldn’t have survived through it without unity, love, and perseverance.
Health disparities endure tenacious issues in the United States of America, setting certain groups at higher risk of being uninsured, limited access to care, facing a poorer quality of care, and overall negative health outcomes. The high incidence of health disparities reflects the range of individual, social, economic, racial/ethnic and environmental magnitudes. Among the minority groups, African-Americans disproportionately access health care and the health disparities clearly glow in the nationwide.
Even though these youth lacked a stable caring family, they recognized that children deserve to grow up in nurturing and caring environments. Although ultimately the mother seems to be a prominent figure in their children’s lives. Similar to our current society were not all fathers have a active part in their children’s lives. Nevertheless, I doubt the fathers comprehend how this could fuel a viscous cycle of the mother who neglected her children in order to work to provide for them, just as their own mothers for the same reasons neglected them. However, becoming a parent was a valid reason for homegirls to exit the gang at any time.
He tells the story of a young African girl in order to make the audience feel sympathy. He writes, "She can no longer attend the all-Negro school in her neighborhood because her mother died only recently after a car crash. Neighbors say if the ambulance hadn't come so late to take her to the all Negro hospital the mother might still be alive." This story is told so the audience will understand the blatant disregard for African American lives. It is told to make people realize that a change needs to be made and
The movie Boyz N the Hood is an illustration of how a group of early adolescents’ lives was affected negatively due to the environment they lived in. These adolescents lived in an environment where drugs, gangs, and shootings were the center of their community. Living in a predominantly African American community these adolescents were faced with many misfortunes. Ricky one of the adolescent characters I have decided to evaluate for this particular paper was faced with adversity.
In the story “Scouts Honor” by Avi is a short story that is a realistic fiction story about three boys who want to prove their toughness to too each other. They also want to be a level higher in boys scouts. Then shortly after they went to there house and told their parents that they were going camping with the group or with their scout leader. But really they had to go by themselves so they lied to there mom and dad.So for them to be “Toughfer” was by leaving New York and going to New Jersey.Throughout the story the characters struggle with being tough.
Ken Burn’s The Central Park Five depicts the story of five young innocent men of color from Harlem and their interaction with the law and the legal system. It specifically focuses on the Central Park jogger case consisting of the beating and rape of Trisha Meili, a twenty-eight year old woman from the Upper East Side who worked on Wall Street. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise were ultimately found guilty and served six to thirteen years in prison. Although, that night, the worst crime committed by these fourteen to sixteen year old boys was hopping a turnstile.
In Conclusion , you can see how these three characters from the book were affected by racism. All of these situations were a tad bit different but you can see how they often got caught in the middle of what other people thought was right and what was really right. All humans should not be judge of their work ethic or ability to do something just cause of their skin color. We all live on the
minority groups." ("Disparities in Healthcare Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Groups", 2012) According to census data from 2010, African Americans received worse medical care than Whites for 41% of quality measures. They also had worse access to health care for 32% of access measures. Not only are there disparity in the quality of care for some minority groups, but disparities in access to care are common as well, especially in the Hispanic and Latino populations. According to the same 2010 census date, Hispanics received worse care than non-Hispanic-Whites for 39% of quality measures. In addition, they too had worse access to care than non-Hispanic Whites for 63% of access measures. Unfortunately, "racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to be poor or near poor" ("Disparities in Healthcare Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Groups", 2012) In general, these poor and underserved populations receive worse care than higher-income people for roughly 47% of quality measures.
I chose this article because it’s very interesting how adults can let their children act this way. I feel very strong about how many so young adults have a messed up life due to the households they grew up in. I feel like this just isn’t ruining the young boys life involved in this group but it is ruining young girl’s lives. These young girls that were involved in this gang when not wanting to be
The story, for the most part, centers upon an African-American family, their dreams for the future and an insurance check coming in for death of the eldest man. Stirring into the mix later is the hugely oppressive,
The inclination to violence stems from several circumstances of life among the poor; the stigma of race, drug use and drug trafficking, and lack of employment, as well as the media and, family/peer association. The Code of the Streets by Elijah Anderson, is a groundbreaking essay the social scientist wrote, taking us inside of a world that most of us only read about. Anderson shows us how a frantic search for acceptance and respect governs social relations among the African American race; primarily the young men.