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elllllll III IOWA lhal I,hll trOU-bllrnlflljl hAVII h,"'" III MIt' Oulnll1Ull,
Iowa CIly, Cod.r Rapldl .lId Walllrloo. Tho ~rolll-bllrnln\ll woro on
, lho hWIII 0' l,ropllrlY oWfllld by bIAC~ pOOfllo, blAd, ehllrchol And
elly par~l. Dallod on lilY IIwporlilnCOI .nd .Y inl911P.f.lUil ~bllllYj
I would "'IU." lhal lhlllo burnlllOI .,11 dllo In pfoplo who aro
projudlell And lonorAnt of pooplll of color.
Onv IIIcldllnl I rv.d aboul happponlld durlnQ lho 19:it!
"l1onlQl>>Ory DUI DoyeoU." Thll I. IIhal happllnltlJ. /I blind lIIan Qat
011 tho bUI .lId pul hll bUI 'ora III Iho 1101. (I(ltAUCa ha w.. bl AC~
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ho h.d 10 ra-onlor tho bUI IhrDUoh lho back door. /I. ho .~oppod
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Crllnlll cry oul lor A chAnQIt III lh., HAY WII lrPAI pI/(lplll of
color. will tonllnull 10 lry .11111 r.h.noo lhl! WilY I'!lopllt lhlllll 01
pdoplll tal ClJlor.
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hAtrod 01 .nothor color wouldn'l bo 1\1 ItrbllO' AI Il II lodilV. It
would l\ill oNI"l bul nol lo qulto lho 10\101 it II.
Allothor Acl 01 pruJudlclI lhal II hilpponlno III lowlI Il:hooll
II lho Act 'of rAcl.1 n.1IIO c.lllno. N.IlI01 "uth All. bl.t~lo, Junolo
bunny, Ipoar chuckor .nd tho dOAfonlno lound of lhl "N. word,
"NI ooor. "
WllIn I hllAr 10..0110 bolno c.llod . n'1II1 luch AI thOlo I
IlMlIdl.toIV,CAIl oul to th.t porlDII, "I do not fool thAt W.V,
thll II tho opinion of A proJudlco porion .nd th.t I do not
IUppOl't wh.t hlllho hit ..Id."
Throuoh tho yurt lhorl h.1 blDn .Iot of rAciil
dl.crlmln.tt'~. HV to.chlr h.1 tolJ .torlol .bout pl.col which
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h.d "Whito Only. lionl .bo\lo drinking founl.lnl, rOltrooll1 In
front of hotel. .nd IlIOtell, act.
1'11I old unouoh to rO/.lIl:o thAt puuplo h'\I' to ...1:0 chalco.
during thlor II \1111. 1 will llll:!. ol Illlnd "GAlntl pooplll ..ho ".1:0
it A chnlc. to pr.ctico hllll' crll.OI. Thill'l oNAcllV whlll it Ill, "
t;holco. All IIf UI h.\lu cholcol lo m.l;o I n our II \lUI .nd Il I II lip
to UII Aft \0 wh.t cholco, bo Il nlg.llvo or pOIIlIy, WI will
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Th.rl .ro tI.... whlln I "Ill r 1111I I ndnd of "h.l Dr. HArtl n Lulhor
Kino, Jr. ..Ill In hll 1"llIoUI "I "avl/ II Drou" iPUlll:h. Ho ..ald, .
VOU cAn'l Judgu .. purlon by lhu color of lhlor Ikln bul by thu
cunlonl .11 lhlllr ch.rllctllr." "" I CJn through IIfll I plan 10
conllnuo \0 II va by lhllu wordi, I will Ilu a por.on lhAl will
mal;o . dlflllrftnCIl In lhlll world, thllt III 110 olllln ChM1Q'nQ, I
wi II lroAt pnopl D "1\1\/111 Y Md rocll /Ill 1\ Uflltrllt 0 rl1eto Irom n.v lIwa.
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All humans ha,'\! e,'Olvtd from the same an<<ltor. That includes
blacks, whilel. Jews and peorle of all the othtl' races and religions, fiven
though some people ml.ht find that hard to belie\'\!, It is true, Throu.h
life, evei)' one of us has had dirrCffilI thoughts and opinions, Ihereforc, no
two peoplo could bo exactly alike. Out recently, these thou.hts ha''\!
reached their heights, and as a result, the differences 1In0na people ha,'\!
been growln. conslIlItly, As tho numbtl' of people Inmases, so do the
differences 1In0na" thom. Thelo differences havo slowly brou.ht hatred,
and as that hatred Increased, people ha,'\! done thlngl wilhout any
consideration for their fellow human bein.s. This Is why In tho present
days, hllo crimes 11'0 beina committed o\'\!!)' minute of our lives,
The roots behind most or tho hate crimes are racial, political or
economic, Tho IlI1est and tho most dreadful hato crimo OVtl' committed
"as probably tho holocaust or tho Jows. Jows were kllltd just becauso they
"tI'O hlled by lIIt1t1' Ind tho Nazis, It is Indeed a shamo thll Neo.Nuls 11'0
acqulrina POWtl' In several countries, and tl)'ln.to repeal tho hlsto!)'. Tho
KKK is I good examplo of I group that commits hlto crlmos In this
count!)'. Tho KKK IUppOlU whllo supremacy, and they aro the ones who
have belln blamed ror tho recont croS3.bumingl In Dubuquo. All of us
know vel)' well about Apll1held In South AfriCI, whero blacks were
treated cruelly by tho whiles, and deprived or votlns rlshts, Dunna tho
put few years, mlny peoplo In South Africa hlvo lost their lives In
connlen between blacks and whiles, The III.treAtment of non.communlsts
In ml/lY communist countries is I lood examplo of pollllcll hlto crimo,
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And th~ recclll luacks on Japanese bUlimsmen In California Is another
form of hlte crim~ that has III roollln the onaolna economic rcc~"lon.
Som~ people think of thclr raco or color as I1lpcrior to <<hen. Th~
thl nk thltlnl btlter thin C\'C1)lIody el~ in the world. These pcopl~ Ihould
It)' to keep thclr thouahllto them~l\u I feci thllthe primary reason
b~hlnd such feellnas Is lack of education. combined with poverty Ind
frultratlon, This diKrlmllWlon must b~ stopped and w~ hlv~ to learn to
live In pcac~,
To ItOp this nC\'erend1na Wit of rms, I hl\'O th~ follow1na Ideas.
I ) There Ihould be mandatory delth aentence In every Itate
for people wbo Intentionally kill other people purely duo
to racial motIvations.
2) There Ihould be a law that would make a racist crimInal
p.y for the lones to the vldlm or victims. For examplo,
If a white man wndallza the houle of a black family,
then, the crimI nil should never be freed, untll bo or Ihe
has mado enouah money to pay for the dam'aa,
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3) B\'ery crimln.1 of hlle would hava to underao mand.tOf)'
and prolonaed counlelln, untll he or Iho becomel a
well.behaved cltlun.
These are JUIl lome of tho thlnal wo can do to reduce tho
growln, In.tancel of ,ruollna discrimination thlt lomo families
face each year, No leslslation Is .dequlle to Itop hlle crimes, since
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out of severo enmity or dislike.
Such d ol~plv definition lor domoLhlnq 00 poworful and brutdl
th~t woullI Kill thounands 01 JeWS lIur I ng Wor III War II. And why?
~ocauoo oomoono hJo IIllferenL rellqluun III0Jo? UeCAuse Lhey have
a different color akin? It'a pretty atupld whon you think about
It. It'D ~etunlly fte~ry to think 3bout wh3t pooplo are e~p3blo of
whon they don't like Bomoone.
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So why do thoy do It? Thoro I1ro mAny dllloront rOl15ono, ~nd
moat of thom aro probably no big doal.
And It 'a not .111 the big bad white IIIiIn be.lt Ing up 011 the poor
dofenlelall black victim. That'a jUlt the beglnnlnq. HOlt people
think of that when thoy think of tho Klu Klux Klan, and thoy think
of that only with JOWl SI tht victim for the NAzII, hut It'. much
moro, Any typo of poroon with ancotltry that'll not Amorlcan II bad"
That'. Impoulblel Tho ollly poople who would hl' like ~1I"t Art
Amorle,," Indl.1lI", IIntl thoy lUll 10m~t1meD victimized, too, Hy
coulln WAI adopted whon ohe wal little, .lId Ihe'o black. She', one
of tho amartoot And funnlost pooplo I know. When I think about
allybody doing to her WhAt they do to other people, It makel mo very
mAd. Whllt'o .,100 unilllr 10 tlhlt II II white porIon doos oomothlng
to a blllck porIon, that porIon will hllto whlto pooplo forevor I1nd
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This probl"m 1ft qottlng worne nil the tlmo, Something neodn
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"IIVI f1lf1l1ltl/it I dlld r.duclIl\ un/ but If Wft can't II vo toqulhor
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p~.'celuI\Y thl!so problell\) won'~ rr."k~ much <.II fll!rl!ncl! If thoy <lU'
hl!lp\'d.
Wa noed ~u ro~lll~ ~h~~ ~h~ peoplo dolnq lh~3r lhlnqu ~rontt
Ilko chlldron who will ItoP whfn told lo. WI! CAn't tAke AWAY lholr
burnlnq ar,~dG., rAlllft3, And Ipr~y pAlntod lI\~ft~AqCl~ And ~"Y '~top
It. 8oll\~on~ mlqht qrt hurt,'
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