The importance of educating the youth about race “Controversial” topics; you hear people talking about them everywhere, from Fox spewing racist ideologies and propaganda while claiming that even the idea of discussing issues surrounding topics such as race in schools will “corrupt the youth” to Chaya Raichik calling the LGBTQ+ community a cult filled with individuals that groom children, it sets a dangerous precedent for future conversations surrounding world issues. Although our society portrays the topic of conversations surrounding race as “controversial” and “unprofessional” in educational environments, it is crucial to engage students in these discussions to allow them to express their opinions and inform them of false assumptions and stereotypes within those groups. …show more content…
Sasha is described as an eighteen-year-old agender person who lives in the middle-class section of Oakland, while Richard, a sixteen-year-old African American male, lives in the lower-class “ghetto” side of the city. Their lives are only connected by the fact that they share the same mode of transport, the bus. The fire occurs on the bus while Sasha is asleep, and Richard, along with his friends Lloyd and Jamal, are on that same bus. Seeing Sasha wearing a skirt, Jamal and Lloyd pressure Richard into lighting their skirt on fire, and he does, not considering the severity of his actions as he leaves through the back of the bus shortly afterward. What happens next can be described as chaotic and hard to read. Sasha’s skirt erupts into flames, and they freak out trying to put out the fire. The injuries Sasha receives are severe; They sustain 3rd-degree burns to their legs and need to have skin graft surgeries for their wounds to properly heal, which is a painful process for