Killing is the New Fighting
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Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
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In a historic 2008 decision, the US Supreme Court struck down municipalities' ability to ban handguns.
Youth Radio commentator Ayesha Walker lives in Richmond California, a city with some of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. In an age when handguns are bought and sold for less than twenty-dollars on urban street corners and the price of a human life sometimes seems even cheaper, this piece asks the question, is Killing the New Fighting.
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In a historic 2008 decision, the US Supreme Court struck down municipalities' ability to ban handguns.
Youth Radio commentator Ayesha Walker lives in Richmond California, a city with some of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. In an age when handguns are bought and sold for less than twenty-dollars on urban street corners and the price of a human life sometimes seems even cheaper, this piece asks the question, is Killing the New Fighting.
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Review of “Killing is the New Fighting”Ayesha Walker has done a great job of going beneath the surface of the issue of gun violence. The interviews with the teens provided a good contrast of inner-city fighting, then and now. The piece made a very interesting point and really got me to think, which is what a good piece should do. I also felt that the music fit well into the piece. My only suggestion would be to have talked to at least one law enforcement official in the piece. Other than, that a great piece that needs to be heard around the nation.
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Broadcast History
7/3/08 Broadcast on NPR's Day To Day
Timing and Cues
With Tags and Music Tail Version
0:00 - 2:05 Commentary
2:06 - 2:10 Music
2:10 - 2:19 Back announce of vox ID's
2:20 - 3:33 Music Tail
Without Music and Tags Version
0:00 - 2:05 Commentary
Intro and Outro
INTRO:The Best of What’s the New What is a series produced by Youth Radio looking back at the most interesting and provocative trends of 2008. This year the U.S. Supreme Court stuck down Washington D.C.'s 32-year-old ban on handguns. Commentator Ayesha Walker lives in Richmond California, a city with some of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. In an age when handguns are bought and sold for less than twenty-dollars on urban street corners and the price of a human life sometimes seems even cheaper, Ayesha asks the question, is Killing the New Fighting.
OUTRO:Ayesha Walker's story was produced by Youth Radio.
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Killing is the New Fighting Strikes a Chord
The youth produced piece "Killing is the New Fighting" by Youth Radio, discusses how people nowadays choose to use a gun instead of their fist. The producers interview three seemingly urban inner-city youth, who seem to know what they are talking about because they discuss true facts regarding how nowadays people are scared to fight, and consequently use a gun. This gun makes people feel like a man or unstoppable. The interviewees discuss the reasons why they see this shift has occurred. For example: people kill to make a name for themselves; it's easier to just get rid of problems, or they are just scared to fight. Sadly, sometimes people kill instead of fighting because they might have just bought expensive new clothes and shoes that they don't want to ruin, so they use a gun to end the problem quickly. Additionally, the producers choose the perfect song for this piece. "So Many Tears" by 2-Pac, is a good song for this piece because he raps about losing so many friends to violence. The tone is appropriate for the serious subject matter. All in all, the producers chose to talk about a relevant subject in a genuine way and the result was on point.