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Abraham Joshua Heschel once said, “Racism is man’s gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.” People let racism prevent them from meeting new people of another race. Everyone needs to realize that everyone is the same in the inside it shouldn't matter if you are a different color. We must fight discrimination by making changes within ourselves. In order to combat racism, I must not prejudge people by their color. I am going to reduce racism by proving to everyone that we are the same on the inside. I am going to introduce all people together and they will decide after they meet each other if they like one another. I can also just show kindness towards the other race; this is a good way to help racism and rude …show more content…

Teams could be an example to reduce racism, kids seeing different colored people on their team could help out a lot. This will help because they will all be able to work together and get to know each other. I watched Remember The Titans and one part of the movie they are fighting because of their different skin colors. Towards the end of the movie they go to a camp and they start getting along so they can get water at camp; they start cheering each other on and showing love as a team. I think our school should start a club and the point of this club would be to talk about racism and to reduce it. This can help many programs that are dealing with racism. They can discuss how this can affect other peoples life and if it was you being made fun of because of your color. This can help many programs that are dealing with …show more content…

We can reduce this by introducing people in class; the first day of school the teachers should make different races talk to one another and get to know each other. You do not need to judge a book by its cover because you never met that person and you don't know what they have been through or anything about them. I have seen two people hate each other because of their color; they ended up being best friends because they actually took the time to talk to each other. I have judged someone because of their race before, and we ended up being on the same wrestling team. I have noticed that he was really cool, and we got along. I have learned not to judge people by their race because friends can come from any race; it does not matter. I think it is really good for more people to get to know each other because that will solve more fusses and possibly

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