The people that claim that racism no longer exists are those that have never been turned away from a store, are not forced to wonder whether they received a job because they're competent or to fill a quota, and do not know what it feels like to be judged by your appearance alone. This snapshot is an attempt to portray that animosities do still exist between all races. In the United States, pregnancies are occurring at young ages, with babies being born to girls as young as eleven or twelve. Most often, these teenagers are unmarried and feel alone. This girl in the photograph is posed as if tired, lonely, and depressed.
Teenage pregnancy is a taboo of our society.
Sex education in some high schools teaches teenagers what types of contraception are available, but usually does not provide the students with a means of obtaining them. It doesn't teach them how to handle emotions, how to abstain, or what to do when they think they may be pregnant. Our nation spends billions of dollars on foreign policy and ensuring the rights of citizens in other countries, but we have United States citizens that do not have homes. In our country, there are men, women and children that are forced to find their meals from dumpsters. The average person walks right by, saying that there are too many, that they'll just spend the money on drugs, that they should get a job.