Yarl, then 16, was shot last year when he mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his brothers, authorities said.

A Black teenager who was shot in the head by a white homeowner in Missouri after he mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell has secured a spot in the all-state band months after the shooting.

Last week, North Kansas City Schools publicized on Facebook that Ralph Yarl was one of four students in the area to earn the prestigious recognition. Yarl plays bass clarinet and was named second chair in the all-state band, according to the post.

“Bravo to Eliza Cockrell and Stephen Kwon from Northtown, and Ralph Yarl and Carter Walters from Staley! They’ve earned a spot in the 2024 Missouri All State Orchestra or Band and will perform at the Missouri Music Educators Association annual conference in January at Margaritaville Lake Resort in Lake of the Ozarks,” the statement read.

  • andrewAEnglish
    962·
    6 months ago

    Sounds like a real stand-up neighborhood. Shot and bleeding kid asking for your help? Better neutralize the threat before getting help.

    It’s like the whole neighborhood cosplays as cops/soldiers and thinks everything unfamiliar is a threat.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
      501·
      6 months ago

      That’s what happens when an entire population is silo’d by hyperindividualism and can’t imagine an interdependent community.

          • ABCDE@lemmy.world
            71·
            6 months ago

            Thanks, what’s the meaning here? Like… the population is separated instead of together?

            • BakerBagel@midwest.social
              201·
              6 months ago

              You don’t mix your silos. A farmer would have one silo for rye, one for barley, one for oats, etc. So by saying everyone is siloed it means everyone is separated into tiny groups no larger than immediate family.

            • andrewAEnglish
              3·
              6 months ago

              To add to what everyone else is saying, it’s often self inflicted via culture. When you’re brought up to treat people who look different as not part of your group, that’s hard to unlearn as adults and so it just self perpetuates and you end up with groups of people that never interact, sometimes fearing anyone not in “their group” for no other reason. Or even for flawed inaccurate reasons.

        • HACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.social
          121·
          6 months ago

          concentrated and/or contained.

          a silo on a farm is where you keep your grain or your animal feed. “silage” is the term for the feed kept in there, and its’ not likely human-edible. it also has a tendency to break down/decompose.

          we also keep missiles in silos. but i think it’s used more in the context of sequestering and storing.

          does that help?