Creative Connections to Always Running

Select an issue from Always Running and come up with a creative response to discuss this issue. For example, you could write a poem, find a song or movie, link to a current event, or draw an image that relates to this issue from the book. Post a response on the blog with a link to the issue, or write about it directly in the post (if it's a poem that you create, for example). Then comment on two other students' posts, sharing your feedback on the connections they came up with.

Issues to connect to:

segregation
racism
poverty
prejudice and stereotypes
misunderstandings
a sense of worthlessness
the quest for power when disempowered
violence
drug use
the police and race relations,
the search for meaning in life and knowing one's purpose versus feeling aimless
the search for a sense of belonging

My Example:

Here is a link to a video and opinion article about the actor Mark Wahlberg's recent attempt to receive a "pardon" for his criminal record in order to erase the fact that he was charged for brutally assaulting two Vietnamese men as a teenager. The author brings up the idea that white privilege plays a role in how we view Wahlberg's hate crime, and it's interesting to compare this to how Luis and other gang members are treated by police and authorities for their crimes:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/09/opinion/yang-mark-wahlberg/index.html