By Rocky Jones
September 25, 2019
This essay is the first in a series of interviews exploring minorities in America. Before we get into this, let me just point out that I am a 16-year-old African- American female. And I know what you’re thinking, “Why in the world is this black girl writing about her Latinx brothers and sisters?” My answer […]
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November 14, 2018
Nobody likes being told what to do, but the truth is without regulations there is no order. But does this mean the government can literally set children up for failure? The school-to-prison pipeline is not new — in fact, according to NC Child, an advocacy organization for North Carolina kids, the school-to-prison pipeline began […]
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September 17, 2018
When there is no barrier between adolescence and adulthood, what makes a person “grown-up?” Standing at the Durham bus terminal one day, I asked a random young male what did he think makes him an adult. “I’m not an adult, but I’ve been through so much more than the average adult and have taken […]
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