If you like to stay up till 10 PM on Wednesdays, you might have seen Blackish, a TV show on ABC that comes on after Modern Family. If you parents don't want you seeing PG-13 content, though, you probably haven't seen either of the two shows I just talked about. But whether you have or haven't seen them, this is still important! So, last week, the Blackish that aired was about the son of an African-American dad being bullied. The dad did a little flashback to how African-Americans and Africans themselves have been very bully-proofed, from slavery in America to Europe's Scramble for Africa, back when Christopher Columbus was still around. Then he told the son to be violent if he had to. Then the dad strongly encouraged being forceful and relentless in his word choice. I couldn't find a clip but if your parents say it's ok, you may be able to find the episode on Netflix or Hulu or something. So, like I said, the dad said be violent and relentless. So the son did just that–and literally turned into a bully. He even bullied his dad because the son had become familiar with being mean. Yes, in the end, the dad told the son to lighten up and he did so, but what the kid did was seriously wrong. Please never do what the son did. It's so hypocritical and really not helping you situation. It basically just makes your bully even madder and "bloodthirsty" (not really bloodthirsty, but you know what I mean). The episode was kind of mocking, but I think it really had a great message. Thanks for reading this. I know my posts usually aren't this lengthy but this was really important to me. I hope this post makes up to you the fact that I've been kind of lazy. I'm trying to improve my blog, so hang on. ;) Maya |
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I made this blog for a reasonAnd that reason was to help kids of all ages stop their bullies, or to help the movement against bullying, because I believe that every kid has the right to a safe, happy learning environment.
AuthorI'm Maya, an ordinary 7th grader who had to go through some extraordinary changes in friends and foes. Archives
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