A FORUM FOR COMMUNITY ISSUES : Youth / OPINION : Hamilton High School
HASSEL PEREZ, Senior, 18, student body president
The tension has been building up since last week, when we had (unrelated) fights. Some TV stations described it as a riot. But it was a fight, a racial fight.
It should be emphasized that the majority of the kids that started the fights don’t go (to Hamilton.).
I don’t think it’s a thing of blacks hating Latinos. It starts out as a disagreement (among a few), and they get their friends to back them up.
There should be more Asian and Hispanic administrators. Everyone needs role models.
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