The TSA

In our Advance English class we were assigned to create a skit about discrimination and perform it. So my group and I, THE writers, choose the topic about racism to Latin Americans. So we created a scene, where a professional person has to go on a business trip and is wrongfully accused by a TSA agent. The TSA agent is a redneck U.S. citizen who believes all Latin Americans are illegal immigrants, dumb, and filthy “creatures”.

I believe doing this script is really important since still nowadays we have to deal with discrimination. I live in a Caribbean island, so that means I’m also Latin Americans, and racism also affects me and all my fellow citizens, too.

I also learned the process of writing a small play, and all the details and focus it needs to be done well. We have to think of everything, and don’t let a single detail out. So it was a little stressful when it came to writing the whole thing, but at the end it gave a great feeling to know we had created something out of scratch. Also we had to perform this play we wrote. Looking for the props, how to use them, the little space we had, and using the right tone so the audience could hear us was a real struggle. But at the end of the day, the struggle was worth it and I believe we did a good job. Also, my fellow classmates, who put on as many hard work as my group did, did an excellent job on their skits and we all gave a great message about discrimination and how should it be put to a stop.