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Personal Narrative: My Trip To Memphis
The day of September 1, I missed class to be with my family in Memphis. My mom wanted everyone in our immediate family to gather together because my brother was leaving for the army. It was such an exciting week because I haven’t been home to see them in about year prior. My brother has recently graduated from high school and also turned 18. I am beyond proud of the person he has become, so to see him all grown up making the decision to leave home brought tears to my eyes. My experience going to Memphis represented structural functionalism because being a young black man in society, you are expected to fail. In my household growing up we only had one option, go to college. After high school there wasn’t a question of if we could stay home
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