[citw150] Re: CITW 150 L3 Q5

I definitely have to agree with you.  It's sad that racism is still so strong.  
You have a very good point about parents and teachers doing more to help kids 
not be so hateful.  The amount of bullying these days is incredible to me.  I 
know when I was a kid it wasn't nearly as bad as it is now.

Robin Mingus <mingusrobin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:          
  Fellow classmates,
   
  The societal issue that I am choosing to write about is Prejudice and Hatred. 
 While it is 2007, it is amazing to me that racisim, bigotry and hatred is 
still very much alive and kicking, especially in the United States.  
   
  One area of great interest to me is about the Bullying that is going on with 
children.  As a child I was affected by this every day of my life.  It is a 
discrimination that can affect children throughout their lives, making 
adulthood, for some, a miserable existence.  While this is something that I 
have struggled with off and on again, many people never recover from the cruel, 
insensitive remarks made by others.  
   
  How many times can you hear, "you're stupid!"; or "Fatso", before you start 
to believe it?    Yes, children will be children, but it is up to us, the 
parents, the educators, and the leaders in our community to make sure that this 
type of hatred does not continue.  I believe that we can teach our children to 
love, understand and accept other's differences.  It may sound simple, but this 
is something that could change the world, one small child at a time.
   
  I am grateful that Educators and Social Workers are stepping up and trying to 
put an end to this but they can't do it alone!  I urge everyone to please try 
to make a difference in child's world.  Offer encouragement, be a guide, a 
mentor.  The return on your investment is priceless.
   
  Check out the Prejudice and Hatred websites at: Anti Defamation League 
http://www.adl.org or Civil Rights at http://www.civilrights.org.  The Anti 
Defamation League speaks on the basis of my reply under the category of 
education.
   
  Now you know why I chose this quote:
 
"Your potential is a great deal better than anyone will ever permit you to 
believe" L. Ron Hubbard

Robin Mingus
Lansing, Michigan
mingusrobin@xxxxxxxxx   


  
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