Tagging

Tagging is to some people a public pain while to others it showcases talent and identity.

In freedom writers diary entry 9 you read about a boy who tags.

“I got into tagging because banging' and dealing drugs or kickin' it with gangsters was not my thing. I started to hit up on walls with markers or cans."

Tagging is a common thing you see everywhere and in nearly every country the difference is each tag tells a different story. You tag because you either want people to know your name or gang name or  just to express yourself, there is also the people who just want to destroy public property. but in the diary entry the person tells you why they tag.

"Tagging is what gives me a thrill. The chance to express my talent. To hear people talk about my art gives me the strength to continue what I do. I never do any of my class work so I spend my time in class sketching on my notebook, handouts backpack or anything in sight, I’m an artist and I love what I do. I know it sucks for the peoples property, but getting away with it is part of the thrill. Getting smocked out with my homies, then going out and canning walls is what I call a day."

There is an unknown tagger in America known only as Banksy who goes around the streets of America and tags current issues like when Obama was elected or war and peace to even homelessness. He has received much praise even though nobody knows who he or she is.


even though tagging is illegal and is damaging to  property I think that it’s a good thing for artists to express themselves with but to not do it on public places.

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Racial Segregation

In the book Freedom Writers the topic of Racial Segregation is one of the main topics that it focuses on as it is classified as a branch of racism.

in Diary entry 2 the person writes about how he doesn’t fit in to the class as he is the only white person there he then explains how the seating arrangement works at lunch

"everyone including me, eats with their own kind, there is a section known as "Disney land" where all of the rich white kids hang out. Then threes "China Town” where the Asians hang. The Hispanic section is referred to as either "Tijuana Town or "Run to the Border." "The Black section is referred to as Da Ghetto." then threes the "tweekers that are reserved for freaks and druggies."

the person who wrote this diary entry was not used to being in a ethnic class so it scared him, all of his friends where in the Distinguished scholars class that where almost all white.

"if I stay in here, one of two things will happen: I'll get jacked or I’ll die or boredom."



in America back in the 50s and even earlier African Americas practically didn’t get a say in anything, they couldn’t vote and they couldn’t sit at the front of the bus they had to sit at the back and if I white person wanted the seat they had to give then it. they also weren’t aloud to go to normal bars or shops and the children at school where not allowed to go to school and then when they where they had to be separated.

 Even though Racial Segregation is not a part of society any more there are still prime examples of it lingering around such as the Klu Klaux Klan and heavily stereotyping.

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