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Small Towns Problems Can Have Big Impact
Living in a small Nebraskan town we do not have to face many of the life issues that people in large cities face such as pollution, high crime rates and other things. The one thing that seems to pervade everywhere without little regard to town size is discrimination. Racial discrimination in a small town can be even more devastating than in a big city for several reasons. When it happens in a small town high school it can be extremely serious.
Discrimination whether it is about race or about gender is always a volatile subject. Those who feel they are victims blame the perpetrators and those who stand accused insist they didn't do it. In a small town high school it can be particularly serious because of the very nature of small town living. When one lives in a small town one general grows up knowing everybody in town. We might play soccer with the butcher's daughter, and the police chief might be the uncle of our best friend. It is a tight knit community that comes together for disasters as well as celebrations. A small town has very little outside influence therefore events at the local high school become entertainment for the entire town. Sporting...
When discrimination is allowed to raise its ugly head in a small school it can ripple throughout the entire town. When a black student recently tried for a job in town he was turned down and told that there were no openings, yet a white boy got the same job the following week. When asked why he was turned down he was told that his references did not check out. One of his friends told him that he heard a teacher was a racist, and the black student had placed that teacher on the application as a reference. Wondering what was said the black student asked the teacher and the teacher replied that he had told the truth. While the boy was an okay student he was not always as "ambitious " as the other students. This was hurtful to the student as he had a 4.0 average. The following week a black basketball player on the high school team missed a shot and the N word was shouted from the stands. Many of the town residents were at that game and it was heard by most in the areas. The next day when the student who missed the shot went to school it was very hard. Some students…
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