Freedom Rider Injustice

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Zlata Filipovic wrote in her novel, “The people must be the ones to win, not the war, because war has nothing to do with humanity. War is something inhuman.” Conflicts of all manner can be found in all corners of the globe. Ultimately, the brutality of those perpetrating inhumane ideals against those who are different and pose an imagined threat to one’s quality of life is not only a reality found in the past, where it is censured, or locales where war is blatant and explicit, but, also in the communities where such interactions and ideals may be more concealed or masked as average. Injustice and being caught up in futile disputes leaves marks on those who experience such issues in any form. In The Freedom Writers Diary by the Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell, these ideas are brought to the attention of the reader, eliciting the same

Additionally, the author also alludes to territorial disputes, providing insight to division of neighborhoods through gang activity and residential segregation. Similarly, the author of Diary 49 relays, “He [a friend] said that the little girl’s red coat reminded him of his friend’s blood. It made me realize that senseless violence doesn’t only happen in history books or movies.” (Diary 49, 98) It seems as though the tragic reality for many of the Freedom Writers is the interminable bloodshed in their close circles, which has a permanent impact on their lives. Some of these disturbances are caused by those whom the author was close to, such as sexual assault by a relative or significant other, or physical abuse experienced as a child. Other disturbances, although close in proximity, are external, such as one student who lived through bombing in Venezuela, one who was forced to reside in a Cambodian concentration camp, and many other who recall