Stereotypes In Freedom Writers

In every war there is an enemy (Freedom Writers 2007) Marcus, much the same as some of the other students in Ms. Gruwells’ class, had a harsh past. When Marcus was a young boy, his friend Clive found a gun and they felt that they could finally protect themselves from gang members and bullies. Shockingly, Marcus friend Clive wounded up inadvertently shooting himself. Marcus being frightened like any other kid would be just sat right there and stayed with his friend until the police showed up. When the police finally came, just like in today’s society all they saw was a dead black kid and another black kid with a gun. The police hopped to the conclusion that Marcus had killed Clive and he was sent to a juvenile hall. Terrified and alone Marcus
Gruwell needed to make sense of an approach to get through to a few of her students that had some difficult issues in school and in addition home. Freedom Writers is based on a true story on how a teacher used writing to change the hearts and minds of some teens that were facing social economic issues, gang issues, homelessness and other different things. Exploring themes of tolerance overcoming stereotypes, the kids in this film clash between inner-city students and their white, middle-class teacher. By utilizing the works of Anne Frank and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo to teach students Mrs. Gruwell, not only taught the basis of the English language, however she also showed empathy and resistance to her students and open their eyes to different world of possibilities and outcomes for their
M. (2014). In several of our discussions throughout the class we have discussed Labeling and their impact, indifferences, profiling, the teenage brain, and the constitution and protecting children.
The character Marcus clearly fits this profile. When Marcus had his first run in with the local police this to me was a case of labeling as well as racial profiling. A profile of the “typical” delinquent based upon official statistics may involve some of the following characteristics: low socioeconomic families or neighborhoods; parent whom have been in and out of the jail system; victimized or mistreated by family; broken homes; exposed to violence; mental health disorders; special education disability; antisocial behavior; use or abuse of drugs; and teen parenthood (Cox, Allen, Hanser & Conrad,