IT'S not A BOMB!

Over the past few post we have been focusing on police brutality against people of the African American race. But now we will take a slight shift. In the next few moments we will covering a story that related more to the discrimination of religion rather that the discrimination of race. However, in order for you to truly have a grasp on the reason why such discrimination is able to exist one must first understand the way in which this idea has blossomed. In the year 2001 there were a series traumatic events that took place in America, we remember this tragic date as 9/11. 9/11/2001 was the day that America began to give a sly eye to most people of the Islamic religion. In fact, I remember being afraid to wear my garbs for fear of being attacked by those who did not follow the same religious path of me.

 Which leads us to today with our friend Ahmed Mohamed, a 14 year old boy that was arrested at school for supposedly having possession of a bomb. Later on it was found out that Ahmed had not made a bomb, but instead he turned his pencil case into a clock.

There have been many discussions on Ahmed's case and the most common of which discusses whether or not he was actually discriminated against. Those that argue for his discrimination makes points about the way in which he was arrested.

Schools are to follow certain protocols when there is a threat that has emerged. The most common of which is a lock down, something that Ahmed's school did not go into when they received word that this child had a "bomb." Also they take into consideration the fact that the school did not call the fire department and also the way that Ahmed was only taken to the principal's desk and not to the police station. The people that argue this side actually claim that the school was only making an example out of Ahmed to strike fear into his heart.

These are the same people that rejoice at the way President Barack Obama made way to come and meet Ahmed to help encourage him to continue with his interest in science. Ahmed has also been seen across many different television shows so that he could tell his story.

However the people that are on the school's side of the argument say that the school has a job to keep all of the students safe and we're just doing what they believed to be the right thing. No matter what side you take in this particular argument, I want you to walk away from this story with a lesson of life. Sure, there may be people out there set to destroy you. But you should never give them that power of satisfaction, at the end life is only what you make of it. So why would you even contemplate allowing someone else to run your life for you?