The Pros And Cons Of An Outcast

In “Outcasts United” written by Warren St. John we learn about the lives of multiple young children along with their families coming from broken homes that seek a better living, they are refugee. Throughout the book, the lives of the kids are described on how they learn to adapt to this new life. Luma Mufleh is introduced in the beginning. She is the creator of the “Fugees” a soccer team she started in order to give these boys a way to escape from their past. While learning the way these kids live their life, the theme that is portrayed to us would be teamwork.

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Outcasts United by Warren St. John is a wonderful book about a community of refugees who live in Clarkston, Georgia and their struggles to adapt with foreign environment of the United States. The book tells the stories of refugees that come from different background and countries in which they are connected together by an American- educated Jordanian woman called Luma Mufleh. Despite their difficulties in establishing new identity, they found their passion in soccer and with Luma Mufleh as their coach they create a soccer team called Fugees. In the early chapters of the book, it illustrates the difficulties to make a group of kids from different background unite and work together

The novel: Outcasts United by Warren St. John tells of the story of unlikely people (refugees) who come to Clarkston, Georgia to escape their own past, one woman’s quest to make a difference, and the importance of teamwork. There were several lessons to be learned from reading Outcasts United, but the most prominent lesson throughout the story was respecting diversity. Diversity plays a major role in one’s life, no matter what time, or where. Because no matter what ethnicity, one can learn from one another through kindness and respect.

Clarkston, Georgia is a small town on the outskirts of Atlanta, home to many refugees from around the world. These refugees all migrated to Clarkston for many different reasons including war and diseases. For about the last twenty years Clarkston’s refugees have expanded to roughly one third of its population. This migration has caused many cultural differences as well as struggling businesses and racial discrimination. Author Warren Saint John discusses many challenges due to this migration through the Fugees, a soccer team of refugee boys. Outcasts United is a story showing that in order for a community of very different cultures to coexist there must be acceptance and compromises made by both the natives and the refugees so that they can all live in peace.

In today’s society, many people do not think about the outcome that immigration can lead to. It has been noticed that immigration into the United States is increasing more rapidly than ever. Recently, talk of allowing a large number of refugees to travel to the United States has surfaced in the media and has proven to be an extremely controversial topic. When it comes to refugees, many complications arise and some of these complications can be depicted in towns such as Clarkston, Georgia. In the novel Outcasts United, author, Warren St. John gravitates toward the expression of the idea of refugees and the struggles they encounter when coming to America.

My parents mainly wanted me to interact with the other kids during that stage in my life I did not talk much. Consequently, their plans did not work out, but then I wound up leaving for another church that was closer in distance. Then my parent puts us in the girl scouts, so we could interact with kids out own and my father wanted us to learn about leadership at an early age. Before they discontinued the Girl Scout’s in my community, I wound up traveling to with them and went to the museum of the founder of the girl scouts and I stayed with the troop until I was 10 years old. Another discourse community I joined was the children’s praise dance team and choir at the age of 7 years old. There were two reasons why I joined these communities. First reason, my parents suggested to be involved in some activities. And the second reason, a hefty portion of my family had some type of Fine art background; meaning they are very gifted and most of them made a career out of it. I wanted to find out if any of these activities were going to suit my interests, but a few years later I wound up quitting the dance team. Let’s just say it was not my cup of tea. Later, when I turned 10 years old I joined my school choir, hoping that I would at least get better, and the following year I joined my school band. But after a few years, I rounded up not joining the choir in high school

Have you ever felt uncomfortable? Do you feel like an outsider? Myself, being an outsider, has made me realize society does not appreciate the reasons why we are different. We need to embrace who we are and celebrate what makes us an individual. As high school and college students, many feel pressured into being accepted such as being religious and also being pressured into being in an unhealth relationship such as an age gap.

I go to Mt. Zion Baptist Church. I’m on the praise team and today, we are having an affable concert. We are inviting all churches in Albany and surrounding towns to come and revere with us. My sister is also on the praise team. She is having an indolence attitude. She says she doesn’t want to go even though she committed to earlier this month. As her sister and captain of the pre team, I encouraged her to come along. The whole way to the church she was being desecrate.

Today we watch the world rage in war, bathe in chaos, and live in destruction. Where there is war families are being torn apart. Children watch family members be killed in front of them and many homes are destroyed. They are forced to leave their country and seek refuge in a neighboring one. In the book Outcasts United, the main conflict is how refugees are readjusting to life and how they are treated. Many characters have waited years to get into the u.s.This has made me realize that the way we deal with refugees is a big problem today. The camps they are put in are unsanitary. It takes years for background checks. And even after they get an okay to come here, they still struggle. Money can only go so far. I believe it is time to help them. Refugees are people and need to have another chance at life.

Everyone sat down around the fire and we had a meeting. Here, girls would have the choice to state their testimony (spoken statement about how they think the Church is true). McKelle and I both knew that we wouldn’t have to give our testimony if we didn’t want to. All the girls around McKelle and I were bearing their testimonies. The Bishop looked at McKelle and I and asked, “Which one of you is going next?”

I do not recall her saying anything else to me about it. Disappointing her devastated me. To hear her say those words hurt more than getting a whuppin’ could. I went out into the night, down the stairs, and kneeled in the back yard in fervent prayer to God to forgive me for setting such a bad example in front of my brother, who I had baptized. I prayed that my bad example would not drive him away from the Lord. I poured out my soul for forgiveness. Once I was satisfied, I ascended the stairs all aglow in the

I began exploring faith with my Christian wife, Gloria, about six months ago, and made the decision to attend church with her. On the first day of attending church, I was approached by a fellow parishioner

I used to have a friend lets call her Laura. Laura’s mom was a Jehovah Witness and her dad was non practicing, but her mother was devout to the point that she would let her child die before she would accept a blood transfusion. As you can tell I have biases when it comes to religious beliefs. Well Laura got accepted to a university about 5hour away the same school I was, and she really wanted to go, but her dad being a Mexican a machismo Mexican (there is a difference) threatened to disown her. She was all distraught, and me being me told her to tell them to go to hell and walk out the door and go to college. I spent weeks convincing her or trying to, and for a while I had her set to go she had everything done she even had a dorm room, and then her mother got pregnant and told her she had to raise the child like the oldest daughter should. I again told her to tell her mom to go to hell, but I am sad to say Laura stayed home raised her sister and went to the local community college. Knowing what I know now I should have kept silent about my beliefs and supported her right to choose what she wanted to do maybe she would have chosen school if I had not pushed my values on her so hard. To this day I recognize what I did wrong, but I still feel she wasted her life by rising someone else’s child, and becoming another statistic. I do however, see that maybe she did make the choice that was best for her, and though I do not agree with her the choice was never mine to make, and

I entered into the worship service, unaware of what to expect. I was not familiar with this church, it was a non-denominational church, but the pastor had his roots in the A.M.E. Zion Church and branched out to establish his own church. I walked into the sanctuary prepared to participate in the Sunday School. I found a seat and readied myself to engage in some meaningful discussion. After sitting for several minutes, I asked one of the gentlemen who was standing at the front of the church if they had already started and where was the lesson coming from. He looked at his watch and indicated that he didn’t know if we had time for Sunday School. A puzzled look came over my face and I couldn’t help but express my confusion as I looked at