Posted on 09 February 2011. Tags: 911, abuse, administrators, African-American, anger, apartment, arrest, AskDrO.com, assault, behavior, black, blog, boys, bully, call, change, cheating, children, community, Current events, enough, harassment, help, hero, hurt, ignorance, immigrant, Khoury, Liberian, management, Nadin, NBC, neighborhood, Newsworthy, out of control, pack, pain, police, ridiculed, sad, School, shocking, stress, Suicide, teenage, testify, the Today Show, thug, unbelievable, video, violence, warning, wolf
13 year-old Nadin Khoury is your ordinary teenager, the son of Liberian immigrants and a normal, everyday student. But Khoury is small, well-spoken and studious, traits which are “sniffed out” by gangs of bullies nationwide. On his way home from school one day, Nadin was attacked by seven boys from his school, and endured punching, kicking [...]
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Recent statistics show that only 50% of African-American students graduate in four years. I remember channel surfacing on day and stopped on BET’s popular music show 106 and Park. Their guest for the day was Will and Jada Pinkett’s nine year old daughter at the time, Willow Smith. 106 gave her a plaque to celebrate [...]
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