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The way people think is,
"It's not my problem, " so why should I get involved?
I got involved because I'm tired of bullies.
My name is Kevin Santiago
and I used to be bullied during my middle school years.
I had a lot of stress in me, I was depressed...
I had to prove to them that I'm not the little guy
for you to be picking on me.
The bully pushed me, and I came back fighting him.
When I told my dad I was bullied...
The second I told him, he signed me up for boxing.
When I go to the gym, it's like my second home.
I'm able to release my anger, and I don't become aggressive.
So if someone would want to fight me,
I'd talk my way out of it.
Boxing brought back my confidence
and I wasn't scared of nobody.
Come on, where the power at, Kev?
One time, when I was in eighth grade,
a seventh grader was sitting alone.
He was nerdy-looking, like I was when I was in seventh grade.
And this bully grabbed his tray and threw it in the garbage.
When I saw that,
I was like, "Yo, this has gotta stop."
And I grabbed him by the shoulder because he was walking away.
I said, "Listen, man.
What you did to that man wasn't cool."
And he was like,
"Oh, who are you " to be telling me this?
I said, "Because I've been in that position when I was younger,
and this is not cool."
You wouldn't like it done to you."
And I explained it to him, little by little,
and I was able to talk him out of it.
The kid that was being bullied
thanked me at the end of the day
for the fact that I stood up for him.
You have two choices:
Do what's right, or just walk away.
Even if the kid is unpopular,
picture you being in his shoes.
Feel what he's feeling.
My name is Kevin,
and I am moral courage.