This document is the written part of a photojournalism assignment that covered diversity in my community.

1. Megan
Light
McKinney
Advanced
Photojournalism
Diversity
1)
Becca
Garrison,
#9
400,
1/8s,
7.1
Becca
Garrison,
20,
is
from
Ocala,
Fla.
She
was
born
in
the
Philippines,
but
was
adopted
into
an
American
family
when
she
was
a
year
and
a
half
old;
her
father
is
American
and
her
mother
is
also
from
the
Philippines,
but
her
father
brought
her
mother
to
the
United
States
to
marry
her.
She
has
lived
in
Florida
all
of
her
life.
Being
a
minority
race
student
at
Samford,
she
is
usually
faced
with
people
who
perceive
her
as
a
foreigner.
When
Becca
shares
with
others
that
she
is
actually
from
Florida,
many
people
are
taken
aback.
“Sometimes
people
talk
to
me
really
slow,
like
they
don’t
know
if
I
speak
English
or
not.
That’s
awkward,”
said
Garrison.
She
shared
that
on
campus
and
even
at
places
in
the
Birmingham
area,
she
has
had
people
treat
her
like
she
is
foreign
just
because
she
is
neither
white
nor
black.
2)
Kyra
Forman,
#46
100,
1/200s,
13
Kyra
Forman,
19,
is
from
Anniston,
Ala.
but
is
a
“military
brat,”
so
she
has
lived
across
the
United
States.
Forman
has
continued
to
face
adversity
because
of
her
race
and
her
personality.

2. While
she
lived
in
Maryland
she
experienced
challenges
because
of
her
race.
When
her
family
moved
to
Washington,
DC
before
they
lived
in
Maryland,
she
said
her
mom
suggested
her
to
“drop
the
country
accent”
and
act
proper
because
of
the
formal
environment
and
she
continued
to
act
properly
after
her
family
moved.
At
school,
her
peers
noticed
she
was
not
saying
“y’all”
and
“ain’t”
and
that
her
hair
was
longer
than
the
average
black
girl,
so
they
called
her
an
“oreo”
because
of
this.
One
other
instance
that
has
she
recalls
comes
from
her
dating
life.
Forman
once
dated
a
white
male,
and
then
dated
a
black
male
after
him.
The
black
boyfriend
asked
her
if
the
white
boyfriend
had
kissed
her.
“When
I
told
him
yes,
he
told
me
he
did
not
want
to
be
with
me
because
I
was
tainted
for
kissing
him,”
she
said.
“It
was
crazy
that
someone
could
think
that
[of]
me.”
3)
Morgan
Rhodes,
#87
200,
1/125s,
7.1
Morgan
Rhodes,
20,
is
from
Memphis,
Tenn.
When
Morgan
thinks
about
diversity
in
her
life,
she
reflects
back
on
the
generations
in
her
family
before
her.
She
said
their
experiences
put
in
perspective
the
possibility
of
the
diversity
in
her
life.
Rhodes
shared
that
her
grandfather
had
a
black
maid
growing
up.
She
said
while
her
grandfather
was
a
child,
segregation
was
the
norm,
so
he
was
confused
to
grow
up
being
taken
care
of
a
black
maid
whom
he
thought
was
just
as
nice
as
anyone
else
but
was
beinfg
told
not
to
fraternize
with
other
races.
Going
to
a
public
high
school,
Rhodes
was
among
peers
of
all
races
and
walks
of
life.
She
said
none
of
that
would
have
been
possible
without
what
happened
in
the
lives
of
her
grandparents.
“I’ve
come
to
realize
that
my
life
is
better
because
of
it,”
she
said.