This is a really good entry...I feel really sorry for his family. They probably never thought their little boy was going to be a shooter. He's responsible for doing what he did, but I can't help feeling like someone could have helped him much earlier in his life. Instead of feeling angry, I just wonder what could have driven a person to feel so negative and sad about life in the first place.
I'm finding a lack of coverage on those that actually WERE close to him. that is to say, how come no one knows anything about his parents? family? childhood friends, if he had any? all we've heard so far was... distant: His writing. His film. He was supposedly on medication. He supposedly stalked a girl. He was a loner. No one really knew him. Well, damn it, who DID know him? Who the hell raised him? Where are the people that made him who he became
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well, I have to recant part of what I said. Evidently, I had not done nearly enough research... mostly because of how detached I felt from the incident
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I totally and completely agree with you. I truly believe there are two sides to ever story and the news is pushing a very one-sided story.
I noticed that one of the victims was an Asian American male. The news gladly show pictures of black, white, and South Asian victims, but I never ever see them show the Asian victim.
In this article. An entire class laughs at him and tells him to "Go back to China." Wow.
-NJ elementary school: students throwing school supplies at and spitting on KA student.
-Yesterday, according to KASA at UMich, 10+ cases of Hyundai, Kia (targetting Korean-made) cars destroyed.
-4/17, VA private middle school, group of students toward taunted boy (last name Kim) w/racial epithets, teasing, offensive remarks. They assaulted him, he fell, had to go to hospital and 5 stitches.
-4/19 Incident on the West Coast, one Korean student was stabbed.
We've already discussed a lot of this the past few nights, but I wanted you to know I read it, and I am always amazed at your way with words. It's funny because so much of ties back to that book you shared with me over break. Who defines humanity? Do we always call the unknown alien or monstrous without trying to understand? I've got a few more quotes from the books that I've thought of in reference to this.
We'll talk more about it later I'm sure, but I just wanted to say, yes Andrew, I did find the internet connection so I could read it, and I am proud of you. For taking time to think about the power of words because so many people don't seem to understand how much destruction or how much healing they can hold. I think this event, and the subsequent events that some of the commenters have mentioned, show that people do not consider the destructive powers of their words.
You, have a gift, and I'm glad to see you using it in a way that benefits people.
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I noticed that one of the victims was an Asian American male. The news gladly show pictures of black, white, and South Asian victims, but I never ever see them show the Asian victim.
In this article. An entire class laughs at him and tells him to "Go back to China." Wow.
-NJ elementary school: students throwing school supplies at and spitting on KA student.
-Yesterday, according to KASA at UMich, 10+ cases of Hyundai, Kia (targetting Korean-made) cars destroyed.
-4/17, VA private middle school, group of students toward taunted boy (last name Kim) w/racial epithets, teasing, offensive remarks. They assaulted him, he fell, had to go to hospital and 5 stitches.
-4/19 Incident on the West Coast, one Korean student was stabbed.
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This isn't the first time I've heard something like this, though. A friend of mine got asked, "Maybe they [Koreans] think the same?"
The racism/stereotypical bull that's coming out of this almost saddens me more than the incident itself.
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The entire entry was just...wow.
Edit it up and submit it as an editorial to the Chicago Times. =)
Make the difference you want to see.
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We'll talk more about it later I'm sure, but I just wanted to say, yes Andrew, I did find the internet connection so I could read it, and I am proud of you. For taking time to think about the power of words because so many people don't seem to understand how much destruction or how much healing they can hold. I think this event, and the subsequent events that some of the commenters have mentioned, show that people do not consider the destructive powers of their words.
You, have a gift, and I'm glad to see you using it in a way that benefits people.
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