In the Twilight Zone, it is still 1950. Schools are still segregated, the poor black students receiving few to no textbooks, few supplies (like desks and copiers, or carbon paper for that matter), and those they do get are all the broken and raggedy ones.
Women's lib hasn't taken place; there are no workplace protections to stop harassment and the victim is blamed for everything.
But in the Twilight Zone it is also 2010. Gangs, thugs and drugs are the order of the day. The teen who labels himself "a respectful young black man" has five children at fifteen, used to be a drug dealer and thinks his crowning accessory is a grille decorated like dice (1 and 2 are the two front teeth).
There is a laptop, cell phone, and mp3 player for every student, and nearly every student owns a gun - or at least knows how to get one. However only a handful can complete a sentence without the use of profanity or epithets.
The Twilight Zone is a rollercoaster world, where wins occur, but each fills an espresso cup, while losses are more frequent and range from tall to grande to venti (and there's not a coffee shop to be seen).
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