I was aware of these problems in the Sudan and a few years ago, there was a project online that showed how these boys left where they were and fled to the United States. It was a mass facebook cult like following, where people changed their facebook pictures to show support for the boys and what they were going through and how they got out. These kids sometimes left their entire families behind, others lost all family and just needed to get out before they were raped, and killed and hunted. I am not shocked to see such disgusting behavior by a group of people on another group of being for being "lesser than them." It's happened all throughout history and unfortunately there is not much that can be done.
The only thing that really surprised me was the amount of people who have left and come to the United States. The number thrown around was somewhere near 4000 people, who have come to the United States to fight for the American Military, attend our universities and have gone on to be lawyers, and doctors. However, some fell through the cracks and have gotten involved in gangs, and the selling of drugs and problems with alcohol.
If these students were in my classroom it would be my responsibility to afford them the educational opportunities to succeed here in America.
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