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What  Lives  Matter?

7/17/2016

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Sharmeen C., 18. MI
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What an interesting notion, “All Lives Matter.”

How very intriguing it is that these infamous three words only “matter” when a black man dies at the hands of a

police officer. Never will they be spoken when a muslim man is killed on his way to worship. Never will they be

hashtagged and blogged about when a white teenage boy shoots up a school and murders innocent children. The

words ALL LIVES MATTER only matter when they are used to prevent the Black Lives Matter movement from

progressing.

In the year of 2016, one would think that the human race has progressed far enough to realize that when one

specific group of people is getting slaughtered every day, they require a higher sense of attention than the entirety of

the country; but then again, in the year 2016, a black man shouldn’t have to fight a war every time he steps outside

his home.


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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (UNCENSORED)

6/16/2016

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Sharmeen C., 18, MI,  
Contact:  
sharmeenchauhdry@gmail.com​


NOTE: This is completely uncensored and may offend some viewers. To read the censored version, Click Here


There is an elephant in the room, not just one room but in every room of almost every high school and college

campus in the United States. Sexual harassment, assault and abuse is one of the most relevant yet under addressed

issues facing today’s teens. How can people seek help when everything about this epidemic is deemed so risqué that

the mention of the word “sex” sends listeners running for the hills? Here are the facts:

● About 20 million out of 112 million women (18.0%) in the United States have been raped during their

lifetime

● Only 16% of all rapes were reported to law enforcement

● About 35% of women who were raped as minors also were raped as adults, compared to 14% of women

without an early rape history.

● 28% of male rape victims were first raped when they were 10 years old or younger.

● Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that approximately 1 in 6

boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18.

Research provided by The U.S. Department of Justice.

Still don't think this problem hits close to home? Picture this. You are that one in four, you are the statistic.

It's a Friday night, your friends are outside, people you know, some you've met before. You leave, not a second

thought. You get in the car, you're laughing, it's about to be one good night. You're there, someone’s backyard, logs

around the fire, the drinking starts, the smoking follows. You have somewhere to be in the morning, so you shy

away from it, or maybe you don't, maybe you drink all your worries away because tonight is a good night, tonight is

your night. Either way the night progresses, some of the others seem to be doing more than just drinking and

smoking, but you don't pay it any mind, after all, it's not you that is doing it, you are just here for a good time.

Someone taps your shoulder.


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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (CENSORED)

6/16/2016

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Sharmeen C., 18, MI,
Contact:
  
sharmeenchauhdry@gmail.com

​​There is an elephant in the room, not just one room but in every room of almost every high school and college

campus in the United States. Sexual harassment, assault and abuse is one of the most relevant yet under addressed

issues facing today’s teens. How can people seek help when everything about this epidemic is deemed so risqué that

the mention of the word “sex” sends listeners running for the hills? Here are the facts:

● About 20 million out of 112 million women (18.0%) in the United States have been raped during their

lifetime

● Only 16% of all rapes were reported to law enforcement

● About 35% of women who were raped as minors also were raped as adults, compared to 14% of women

without an early rape history.

● 28% of male rape victims were first raped when they were 10 years old or younger.

● Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that approximately 1 in 6

boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18.

Source: The U.S. Department of Justice.

Still don’t think this problem hits close to home? Picture this. You are that one in four, you are the statistic.

It’s a Friday night, your friends are outside, people you know, some you’ve met before. You leave, not a second

thought. You get in the car, you’re laughing, it’s about to be one good night. You’re there, someone’s backyard, logs

around the fire, the drinking starts, the smoking follows. You have somewhere to be in the morning, so you shy

away from it, or maybe you don’t, maybe you drink all your worries away because tonight is a good night, tonight is

your night.



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