`Colors' violent - but honest

These letters were written by students at Richard E. ByrdCommunity Academy, 363 W. Hill, in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood. -Editor.

"Colors" is a good movie. It showed that teens don't care aboutthemselves or how they live. Fifty percent of teenagers are in gangsor dealing with drugs. "Colors" shows the world how it really is.

And it is a shame for young people to be in gangs instead ofschool where they can get an education and be somebody one day.

I know that the picture has a lot of violence in it. I stillthink it is a good movie. Tamesha Crittle, …