High School Shootings
Violence has been a problem in America since the colonies were first established. During the past ten years, there have been many acts of violence performed in schools throughout the nation. Many arguments have been brought forward as to what all of this violence has stemmed from. What has led these children to bring guns and bombs into schools and perform such horrifying acts? "Littleton Massacre Seems So...American" by Charlie James and Chuck Shelton's "When White Boys Kill, White Dads Fail" both explain what these authors feel has caused some of these acts and how they feel they can prevented in the future. Chuck Shelton's argument is much more effective than that of Charlie James' and gives good evidence and support of why these acts have happened and how they may be prevented. In the "Littleton Massacre Seems So...American", James explains that children are growing up in a society that loves guns, worships the rights of higher class individuals, and a history of racism. He says there has been a terrible legacy left on all of us, "Young, white, angry males who will never have the power over their lives of women and minorities that their gran
Charlie James says, "We need to go back and clean up America's history and call a thug a thug, a killer a killer, an outlaw and crook a outlaw and crook." (James, 476) That Hollywood should not make them into anything else and portray them as the men that made America what it is today. Yet these people are the ones that made America. Although they may have killed and fought for what they got, they did it for freedom and so that we could live the way we do today. James believes that it is hard for Americans to accept African Americans and Hispanics into our culture and that it is easy to embrace idols such as Hitler who promotes male and white supremacy. There is no evidence that white males feel this way. Has James spoken to kids of this generation, especially the kids performing the school shooting? Where are the numbers and evidence that this plays a role in kids' lives? He closes by saying "We are giving mixed messages to our youth and we react in horror rather than embrace the America we once were rather than the America we say we are trying to become..." (James, 476) Now the author is putting words into his readers mouth, telling us what we
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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