Graduation Speech: Oppression Of America's Youth

I must first remind you of the unrest among our fellow students before I begin to examine the pandemonium we currently suffice as home. Our generation is at war with the complicated reality of this stringent society and we must no longer allow mainstream practices to dictate our freedom. The time is now for us to shed the constraints of our parents’ generation and provide a change that will bring authenticity to America’s youth! We standup not just for ourselves but for those of tomorrow and to change the norms of today. We will not continue to live in a place where your skin color matters, where your freedom to be different is judged and criticized, where war is forced upon our young men by the government, a place where women have no say, a place with such inequality is not a place we will endure anymore. It is our obligation as youthful individuals to help the change occur together. Through our unity and drive, we can make a difference here at VPI and join our fellow
Young African American men triggered a student sit-in movement to end the racial segregation at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College leading to the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This is merely an example of the progress made by one school. Other Universities have also taken a stand¬¬ – Berkley introduced a Free Speech movement protesting their freedom to express their political opinions. The chaos occurring here at VPI is not anything short of original. Toby Cole was the initial domino that revealed campus activists and quickly caught my attention to stand against university policies. I propose we find more activist to help our cause to this social injustice. Who are they to dictate what is considered unconventional? Who are they to force us into militant students? No longer should you allow them to control you and define how you should