It had been Danielle's first day as a college student, and after a long day of being welcomed
into the crowd, she couldn't help but ponder life and where she was at right now. Danielle knew that she wanted to be a doctor ever since she was little. But something inside her had always been attracted to fighting for injustices. Starting here at UCSD, she knew that she was on the right path.
The next morning Danielle awoke to a news broadcast about race riots that had been happening all across the nation. "It's weird to think that this stuff still goes on." She told Alison, her new roommate. "Yeah, someone should do something about it." She said. "Yeah someone should" She thought. As Danielle went to class, she couldn't help but think about the scenes on TV. They were violent, almost remnants of the 60's when racial injustice was peaked. "How can people still think that way? It's such a backwards way of thinking" she thought before class started.
Later that day, she received a text from Erica. It was out of the blue. She was doing well at UCLA and they got on the topic of the national race riots. Danielle told her they should do something about it, and they talked for hours on what we should do. After that talk, Danielle decided they should actually do something. But what could two girls possibly accomplish? How can they change what people believe? And not only that, but what about her medical career? Should she leave it all behind in a wave of regret or should she do something more important. It took her weeks to decide what to choose. The volition of what to do haunted Danielle night and day until finally she saw another broadcast about the murder of a little, innocent child who got caught in a protest turned violent.
No comments:
Post a Comment