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mre

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Forum #2: Diversity in America
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Group #1: The New Americans - Examine the lives of the five groups of people who have come from very different countries (Nigeria, Dominican Republic, India, Palestine and Mexico) to live in the United States.  What do these stories tell us about diversity in America?  Your assignment is to 1) summarize each group's story in your own words (40 points), 2) give five examples of their culture that you learned about in your own words. (40 points) and 3) respond to another student's post (20 points).  Extra credit will be given to those that answer responses and continue discussions.

Group #2: Tolerance.org - America's history has been filled with the struggle against racism and the fight for equality and rights.  Tolerance.org seeks to explore these issues now, not 100 years ago.  What does this site and its focus tell us about the diversity of American society today?  Your assignment is to 1) describe in your own words 10 facts that you didn't know that you learned from the website (40 points), 2) describe five suggestions for people to improve tolerance and respect diversity in their everyday lives (40 points) and 3) respond to another student's post (20 points).  Extra credit will be given to those that answer responses and continue discussions.

Group #3: Race, the Power of an Illusion - What is race?  That question probes to the heart of American identity.  Our society has been shaped by different theories, prejudices and stereotypes concerning race.  As America grows and becomes more diverse, what does race mean anymore?  How does it reflect or create diversity?  Your assignment is to 1) describe in your own words 10 facts that you didn't know concerning race that you learned from the website (40 points), 2) write a brief description of American society 100 years from now concerning the idea of race (40 points), and 3) respond to another student's post (20 points).  Extra credit will be given to those that answer responses and continue discussions.

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Valdir

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Group 2:

 Ten Things Learned:1)      In the early nineteenth century Thomas Dartmouth became one of the most celebrated stage actors of the time due to his portrayal of an old, crippled, mentally slow, African American. Dartmouth, a white male, made a career of spawning stereotypes of blacks, showcasing their so-called incompetence, laziness, and child-like nature.2)      In 1894 Bostonians drew up the Immigration Restriction League to help exclude immigrating Poles, Russians, and other immigrants from society. They felt that along with luggage, hopes, and poverty, as well as their darker skin and foreign speech, these immigrants would bring ruin to American culture. 3)      During the Civil War, Confederate currency depicted on its one-hundred dollar bill well-dressed slaves on their seemingly leisurely day on the plantation. The image wanted to convey slavery as “a wonderful institution. Thus, the absence of any negative scenes depicted on the bills.” 4)      The word Paddy Wagon, defined “an enclosed motor truck used by police to carry prisoners” by Webster, has origins found deep in racial stereotypes. It is actually derived from the notion that all Irish males were named Patrick, hence Paddy. Paddy then was combined with "wagon" to describe police vans that allegedly picked up so many "Paddies.”5)      War propaganda like those of World War II, dehumanizing Japanese culture, helped shape citizen’s views of our overseas neighbor, and eventually sway the U.S. government to order some 112,000 U.S. residents of Japanese descent to internment camps in February, 1942.6)      Over five national sport franchises use Native American mascots which actually glorify the stereotype of a “violence-prone Native American warrior who elicits fear.” Go team?7)      In 2005 there were a reported 191,000 hate crimes as recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 8)      A 2005 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that a mere 44% of hate crimes get reported to police.9)      A government survey of 2,084 legal immigrants to the United States found that those with the lightest skin complexion earned an average of 8 to 15% more than immigrants with much darker skin.10)  Brown v. Board of Education ruling stated that black students had a right to attend integrated schools. 

Five Suggestions:

             My suggestions include the end of apartheid schooling in America. One way of dealing with diversity is fostering it in our school systems. The development of sites and programs conveying the same message as Tolerance.org can also spread the word on fighting diversity today. Finally, simply acting out and taking a stand on acts of prejudice and intolerance. Action must be taken; otherwise the injustice will only fester.

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mre

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Valdir wrote:
             My suggestions include the end of apartheid schooling in America. One way of dealing with diversity is fostering it in our school systems. The development of sites and programs conveying the same message as Tolerance.org can also spread the word on fighting diversity today. Finally, simply acting out and taking a stand on acts of prejudice and intolerance. Action must be taken; otherwise the injustice will only fester.

Valdir, have you ever read The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol?  I used to work with friends of his up near Boston years ago, but I've also read Savage Inequalities and other books by him and he's fascinating.  Its hard to see here in New Bedford with so much diversity, but in many parts of the nation that just isn't the case.  Consider some of these facts (from a research paper I did a while back):

"While one-third the nation’s public education students are students of color, the majority of students in twenty-five of the nation’s largest school districts have that distinction (National Council on Social Studies, 1991).  One out of five of the nation’s children are born into poverty (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2000).  Estimates range between six and fourteen million children raised by gay or lesbian parents (Cianciotto & Cahill, 2003).  From 1970 to 1995, the number of multiracial couples has quadrupled (Burrello, 2004) and by the year 2050, the U.S. Census estimates that 47% of America’s population will consist of non-whites (Banks, 2004)."  




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Leslie

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(tolerance)
: 10 Facts : 1. On September 4, 1957 the Governor of Arkansas ordered National Guard troops to guard the Central High School so that nine black students wouldn’t come into the school. (This was in complete defiance of the decision that was made in 1954 during the case of Brown vs. Board of Education.)2. The Brown vs. Board of Education case gave blacks the right to attend the same schools as whites.3. The same afternoon the Governor was forced to allow those nine black students into the school.  The next day those students were treated really badly because they weren’t welcomed into the school.4. In the reading that I read, I saw that it said that African American History isn’t really taught with the way it should be taught when it comes to teaching African American History.  A lot of the contributions aren’t really taken into consideration and that is definitely something that has to change.5. I also read that light-skinned immigrants coming to the United States are given more money than those who are darker in complexion. (They get an average of 8 to 15% more money than those who have darker complexion.)6. Discrimination is also something that seems to be showing up more and more.  There are constant complaints of discrimination that are being filed into courts more and more.  They complaints, though, go both ways even though most of the time it’s the darker person that is being discriminated against.7. Its even crazy to think that female products are in some way discriminating against women of darker complexion.  Birth control patches are sold only in lighter shades meaning that it would be very noticeable on the skin of a woman that has darker complexion.8. Donna Lamb who is an anti-racism speaker says that all of these are “White Privilege”9. Teachers of color are usually put to teach in schools that are low income and don’t really meet the necessary standards. Teachers who are white usually get to teach in the better schools.10. There are actually children’s books that have been published that use different ways of teaching tolerance to kids.  They are ways of showing kids how to be tolerant to different kinds of people and help shape their character.

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Valdir

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mre wrote:
Valdir wrote:
             My suggestions include the end of apartheid schooling in America. One way of dealing with diversity is fostering it in our school systems. The development of sites and programs conveying the same message as Tolerance.org can also spread the word on fighting diversity today. Finally, simply acting out and taking a stand on acts of prejudice and intolerance. Action must be taken; otherwise the injustice will only fester.

Valdir, have you ever read The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol?  I used to work with friends of his up near Boston years ago, but I've also read Savage Inequalities and other books by him and he's fascinating.  Its hard to see here in New Bedford with so much diversity, but in many parts of the nation that just isn't the case.  Consider some of these facts (from a research paper I did a while back):

"While one-third the nation’s public education students are students of color, the majority of students in twenty-five of the nation’s largest school districts have that distinction (National Council on Social Studies, 1991).  One out of five of the nation’s children are born into poverty (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2000).  Estimates range between six and fourteen million children raised by gay or lesbian parents (Cianciotto & Cahill, 2003).  From 1970 to 1995, the number of multiracial couples has quadrupled (Burrello, 2004) and by the year 2050, the U.S. Census estimates that 47% of America’s population will consist of non-whites (Banks, 2004)."  


That book is about three weeks overdue in my locker right now. I haven't yet read the entire book but what I've found most intriguing so far is the number of schools around the U.S. with black or hispanic student populations of 99% - or some crazy figure like that -. It is an eye-opener when I compare those situations with New Bedford High School. We may be impoverished in other areas, but we're pretty lucky to have the diversity that we do.

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Heather Roy

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The 10 facts that I learned at the tolerance website were;
***a hate crime is committed every hour. That's 24 hate crimes in a day.
***Everyday at least 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 jews, and 1 latino become hate crime victims. -18 people per day-
***Every week a cross is burned.
***The greatest growth in hate crimes is against Asian Americans
***The second greatest growth is against the gay and lesbian community.
***Most hate crimes go uninvestigated
***Every MINUTE a college student somewhere hears racist, sexest, or homophobic words or images.
***Every year almost half a million  college students are targets of harmful slurs or assaults.
***When bias motivates an unlawful act-it is considered a hate crime.
***Most hate crimes are committed in the North and West.

In your everyday life, you can improve tolerance and respect diversity in 5 SIMPLE ways. By:
***Attending a play, or going to a play whose performers are a different ethnicity from you.
***When you hear slurs, let people know bias speech is always unacceptable.
***Imagine your life as another gender, race, or sexual orientation. Imagine how you would handle things.
***List all the stereotypes you can-positive and negative. Are these sterotypes reflected in your actions?
***Read a book or watch a movie about another culture.

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Heather Roy

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mre wrote:
Valdir wrote:
             My suggestions include the end of apartheid schooling in America. One way of dealing with diversity is fostering it in our school systems. The development of sites and programs conveying the same message as Tolerance.org can also spread the word on fighting diversity today. Finally, simply acting out and taking a stand on acts of prejudice and intolerance. Action must be taken; otherwise the injustice will only fester.

Valdir, have you ever read The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol?  I used to work with friends of his up near Boston years ago, but I've also read Savage Inequalities and other books by him and he's fascinating.  Its hard to see here in New Bedford with so much diversity, but in many parts of the nation that just isn't the case.  Consider some of these facts (from a research paper I did a while back):

"While one-third the nation’s public education students are students of color, the majority of students in twenty-five of the nation’s largest school districts have that distinction (National Council on Social Studies, 1991).  One out of five of the nation’s children are born into poverty (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2000).  Estimates range between six and fourteen million children raised by gay or lesbian parents (Cianciotto & Cahill, 2003).  From 1970 to 1995, the number of multiracial couples has quadrupled (Burrello, 2004) and by the year 2050, the U.S. Census estimates that 47% of America’s population will consist of non-whites (Banks, 2004)."  


I definately agree with you. One way of dealing with diversity is putting it in the schools. Action must be taken-or else things will never change.


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Group 3
The idea of race is a new idea there used to not be race in ancient societies.  There are no traits or genes that change from one member of the race to the next.  Slavery was because of war not because of what you looked like.  When America started race was a way to figure out who or why someone could have rights or freedoms.  When the race concept was accepted it made it okay to enslave and killing Native Americans Asians and taking Mexican lands.  Humans don’t have subspecies or races we are all part the same species.  Skin color has nothing to do with the other traits you receive upon birth.  The most difference are of the same race not between.  Regardless of the society we live in now there are still many advantages for white people versus people of other colors.  To end racism we need to change the policies we have in place and give everyone the same advantage.  Hopefully we will continue to fix the problem of the way we look at different races in 100 years as much as we have radically changed in this past century.

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Jamie Dias

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The group i have choosen was group #2 about tolerance
10 things I have learned
1. There were 191,000 hate crimes reported in 2005 by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. On January 29th,2007 research showed light skinned immigrants in the U.S make more money on average then those with darker complexion
3. Every hour someone commits a hate crime
4.Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites,3 Jews ,and 1 Latino die
5.Every week a cross is burned
6. Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites, 3 Jews , and 1 Lation dies
7. 9 black children in 1957 enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock,Ark, and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality
8. The Brown vs Board of education case gave the blacks the right to attend the same schools as whites.
9. Teachers of color are usually put in schools  with low income
10. More then 44% of hate crimes get reported to the police

5 suggestions
1.The way to respect diversity is show movies in school about different cultures so the students can understand how important different cultures are.
2.Imagine your self in there shoes
3. Make friends with people from different cultures and learn about them.





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Jamie Dias

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Valdir wrote:

Group 2:

 Ten Things Learned:1)      In the early nineteenth century Thomas Dartmouth became one of the most celebrated stage actors of the time due to his portrayal of an old, crippled, mentally slow, African American. Dartmouth, a white male, made a career of spawning stereotypes of blacks, showcasing their so-called incompetence, laziness, and child-like nature.2)      In 1894 Bostonians drew up the Immigration Restriction League to help exclude immigrating Poles, Russians, and other immigrants from society. They felt that along with luggage, hopes, and poverty, as well as their darker skin and foreign speech, these immigrants would bring ruin to American culture. 3)      During the Civil War, Confederate currency depicted on its one-hundred dollar bill well-dressed slaves on their seemingly leisurely day on the plantation. The image wanted to convey slavery as “a wonderful institution. Thus, the absence of any negative scenes depicted on the bills.” 4)      The word Paddy Wagon, defined “an enclosed motor truck used by police to carry prisoners” by Webster, has origins found deep in racial stereotypes. It is actually derived from the notion that all Irish males were named Patrick, hence Paddy. Paddy then was combined with "wagon" to describe police vans that allegedly picked up so many "Paddies.”5)      War propaganda like those of World War II, dehumanizing Japanese culture, helped shape citizen’s views of our overseas neighbor, and eventually sway the U.S. government to order some 112,000 U.S. residents of Japanese descent to internment camps in February, 1942.6)      Over five national sport franchises use Native American mascots which actually glorify the stereotype of a “violence-prone Native American warrior who elicits fear.” Go team?7)      In 2005 there were a reported 191,000 hate crimes as recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 8)      A 2005 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that a mere 44% of hate crimes get reported to police.9)      A government survey of 2,084 legal immigrants to the United States found that those with the lightest skin complexion earned an average of 8 to 15% more than immigrants with much darker skin.10)  Brown v. Board of Education ruling stated that black students had a right to attend integrated schools. 

Five Suggestions:

             My suggestions include the end of apartheid schooling in America. One way of dealing with diversity is fostering it in our school systems. The development of sites and programs conveying the same message as Tolerance.org can also spread the word on fighting diversity today. Finally, simply acting out and taking a stand on acts of prejudice and intolerance. Action must be taken; otherwise the injustice will only fester.
Good work! i likkee the detailed facts you learned !



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Lexie Wetzel

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1. Race is the term race distinguishes one population of an animal species from another of the same species.2. As America grows and becomes more diverse, the word race means your culture and ethnic background.3. It reflects or creates diversity because people now divide people according to physical differences depending on their race, religion, status, class, language, and even culture.10 Facts1- I did not know that ancient societies did not divide people according to physical appearance, but according to religion, status, class, and even language.2- Not one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all members of one race from member or another race.3- Throughout history, societies have enslaved others.4- When the U.S. was founded, equality was a radical new idea.5- Our early economy was based largely on slavery.6- The concept of race helped explain why some people could be denied the right and freedoms that others took for granted.7- Racial practices were institutionalized within government, laws, and society.8- Unlike many animals, modern humans have not been around long enough, to evolve into separate subspecies or races.9- Despite surface differences, we are among the most similar of all species.10- Most traits are inherited independently of one another. Therefore the genes for skin color have nothing to do with genes for hair texture, eye shape, blood type, musical talent, or athletic ability.Brief Description                American Society 100 years from now will hopefully not judge each other by how they look but by how they treat others. Now a days they hardly do although, there are still racial prejudices throughout the world and they will continue to discriminate against others for no apart reason because of the simple fact that people have nothing better to do besides judge others due to their insecurities or how they were brought up by their own families possibly to even hate others of another race.

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Mason.

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Group #2.

10 Facts
1. Peoples from ancient history never put people into different races, but seperated them using their class and languages.
2. Slavery was not always based on race. It used to just be prisoners from wars or conquests.
3. Even though humans may look a lot different to each other, we are the most similar of any species in the world.
4. Genes for skin color have nothing to do with any other gene such as eye color or hair texture.
5. Two people of any race are as likely to be different from each other as two people from two different races.
6. A civil rights law was passed in 1970 that allowed people to identify their own race and not be classified on their appearance.
 7. When Pocahontas married John Rolfe the British court had a scandal not because of the racial differences but because a princess married a common person.
8. In 1967 the law prohibiting interracial marriage is finally removed by the Supreme Court saying that, "a person's individual right to marry cannot be restricted by race."
9. Modern humans, homosapiens, didn't come around until about 170,000 years ago.
10. Nobody knows exactly why skin color is darker or lighter, it could be for any number of reasons.

5 Suggestions
1.  Try not to judge people on the color of their skin, everyone is human.
2.  Try not to guess someone's race by their appearance because you will probably be wrong, and it may offend them.
3.  Respect everyone's cultural ideals and don't disrespect them.
4.  If someone is proud of their heritage or background don't put them down.
5.  Respect everyone's beliefs even you don't believe in the same things.

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kevin

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Jamie Dias wrote:
The group i have choosen was group #2 about tolerance
10 things I have learned
1. There were 191,000 hate crimes reported in 2005 by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. On January 29th,2007 research showed light skinned immigrants in the U.S make more money on average then those with darker complexion
3. Every hour someone commits a hate crime
4.Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites,3 Jews ,and 1 Latino die
5.Every week a cross is burned
6. Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites, 3 Jews , and 1 Lation dies
7. 9 black children in 1957 enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock,Ark, and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality
8. The Brown vs Board of education case gave the blacks the right to attend the same schools as whites.
9. Teachers of color are usually put in schools  with low income
10. More then 44% of hate crimes get reported to the police

5 suggestions
1.The way to respect diversity is show movies in school about different cultures so the students can understand how important different cultures are.
2.Imagine your self in there shoes
3. Make friends with people from different cultures and learn about them.
Sometimes jsut showing something to somebody is not enough to make a solid impression the translation is lost in movies and books until you see these kind of things first hand you dont see the reality of the different cultures and lives of someone elses race or culture.


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Leslie

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Heather Roy wrote:
The 10 facts that I learned at the tolerance website were;
***a hate crime is committed every hour. That's 24 hate crimes in a day.
***Everyday at least 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 jews, and 1 latino become hate crime victims. -18 people per day-
***Every week a cross is burned.
***The greatest growth in hate crimes is against Asian Americans
***The second greatest growth is against the gay and lesbian community.
***Most hate crimes go uninvestigated
***Every MINUTE a college student somewhere hears racist, sexest, or homophobic words or images.
***Every year almost half a million  college students are targets of harmful slurs or assaults.
***When bias motivates an unlawful act-it is considered a hate crime.
***Most hate crimes are committed in the North and West.

In your everyday life, you can improve tolerance and respect diversity in 5 SIMPLE ways. By:
***Attending a play, or going to a play whose performers are a different ethnicity from you.
***When you hear slurs, let people know bias speech is always unacceptable.
***Imagine your life as another gender, race, or sexual orientation. Imagine how you would handle things.
***List all the stereotypes you can-positive and negative. Are these sterotypes reflected in your actions?
***Read a book or watch a movie about another culture.

wow!!! I can't believe how much hate there is in this world.  I knew there were a lot of hate crimes commited daily but not in the way it was written here.  I really learned a lot from reading this!! Thanx for the info!!!



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Mason.

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Jamie Dias wrote:
The group i have choosen was group #2 about tolerance
10 things I have learned
1. There were 191,000 hate crimes reported in 2005 by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. On January 29th,2007 research showed light skinned immigrants in the U.S make more money on average then those with darker complexion
3. Every hour someone commits a hate crime
4.Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites,3 Jews ,and 1 Latino die
5.Every week a cross is burned
6. Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites, 3 Jews , and 1 Lation dies
7. 9 black children in 1957 enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock,Ark, and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality
8. The Brown vs Board of education case gave the blacks the right to attend the same schools as whites.
9. Teachers of color are usually put in schools  with low income
10. More then 44% of hate crimes get reported to the police

5 suggestions
1.The way to respect diversity is show movies in school about different cultures so the students can understand how important different cultures are.
2.Imagine your self in there shoes
3. Make friends with people from different cultures and learn about them.
I really like your last two suggestions for improving tolerance. Good ideas. 

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Valdir

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Heather Roy wrote:
The 10 facts that I learned at the tolerance website were;
***a hate crime is committed every hour. That's 24 hate crimes in a day.
***Everyday at least 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 jews, and 1 latino become hate crime victims. -18 people per day-
***Every week a cross is burned.
***The greatest growth in hate crimes is against Asian Americans
***The second greatest growth is against the gay and lesbian community.
***Most hate crimes go uninvestigated
***Every MINUTE a college student somewhere hears racist, sexest, or homophobic words or images.
***Every year almost half a million  college students are targets of harmful slurs or assaults.
***When bias motivates an unlawful act-it is considered a hate crime.
***Most hate crimes are committed in the North and West.

In your everyday life, you can improve tolerance and respect diversity in 5 SIMPLE ways. By:
***Attending a play, or going to a play whose performers are a different ethnicity from you.
***When you hear slurs, let people know bias speech is always unacceptable.
***Imagine your life as another gender, race, or sexual orientation. Imagine how you would handle things.
***List all the stereotypes you can-positive and negative. Are these sterotypes reflected in your actions?
***Read a book or watch a movie about another culture.

Those are great examples of ways to improve tolerance. Getting involved like you suggested (going to a play, reading a book, and letting others know bias speech is unacceptable) are great ways of actively, acting out against intolerance and prejudice.



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Leslie

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OOPS!! I forgot to write five suggestions.  Here they are:
1.People should take the time to get to know people who are different to them
2.People shouldn't be so quick to judge all those who are different to them.
3.I think if people were more informed of what's really going on in the world involving hate crimes. If more people knew, i think there would be a change in how people are.
4.Schools should make this a part of what they teach so that the students would be more aware of what is actually going on.
5.People just need to think how they would feel if they were the victims.  there is a saying that says don't do to others what you don't want done to yourself.  If people had this way of thinking they would think before they say something that might offend someone.

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Mason.

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Heather Roy wrote:
The 10 facts that I learned at the tolerance website were;
***a hate crime is committed every hour. That's 24 hate crimes in a day.
***Everyday at least 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 jews, and 1 latino become hate crime victims. -18 people per day-
***Every week a cross is burned.
***The greatest growth in hate crimes is against Asian Americans
***The second greatest growth is against the gay and lesbian community.
***Most hate crimes go uninvestigated
***Every MINUTE a college student somewhere hears racist, sexest, or homophobic words or images.
***Every year almost half a million  college students are targets of harmful slurs or assaults.
***When bias motivates an unlawful act-it is considered a hate crime.
***Most hate crimes are committed in the North and West.

In your everyday life, you can improve tolerance and respect diversity in 5 SIMPLE ways. By:
***Attending a play, or going to a play whose performers are a different ethnicity from you.
***When you hear slurs, let people know bias speech is always unacceptable.
***Imagine your life as another gender, race, or sexual orientation. Imagine how you would handle things.
***List all the stereotypes you can-positive and negative. Are these sterotypes reflected in your actions?
***Read a book or watch a movie about another culture.

Wow, I would have thought that most hate crimes occured in the South because of it's history with slavery and other things.  I had no idea that there was actually more hate crimes would be in the North and West.

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Nathan Vidal

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The Ogoni Refugees:    A family of four, Israel (the father), Ngozi (mother), and two children live in a small torn and drooping tent, in a refugee camp in Benin, West Africa. No running water, no bathroom, and no mats on the dirt floor thats serves as beds. They are a unhappy family from the lower class.    The Nwidors are members of a small tribal minority known as the Ogonis. When the Nwidors came to America they wanted to live in a house in a warm bed. They only wanted to do everything that everybody else does. They are settled in in Chicago, Illinois at a refugee camp. They are happy to be living in a up-town low income housing complex. Israel Nwidor has dangerously high blood pressure and cannot work gue to it. Ngozi works as a maid during the night but at the same time she tries to keep up with her studies at nursing school. Ngozi is a tuberculosis carrier.     Good news comes, when Ngozi was about to fail her nursing school she passes her final and passes the class. The Nwidors are doing good after the harsh and good times.    The Dominican Republic has the most baseball players in the MLB than any other country in the world. Many years before the Dominicans and African American all used to be part of their own leagues because of their color and race. It used to be called the Negro Leagues.     Ricardo Rodriguez is a shy but disciplined country boy. An 18 year old was discovered at a welding shop by Rafael Gonzalez, a local baseball scout, he noticed "had big muscles in his shoulders and back, and that his arms hung down to his knees." "He has the potential to make a lot of money for someone," says Gonzalez.     José Garcia is a talented and charismatic player, who splits time between baseball and five girlfriends. "All ballplayers here dream of going to the U.S.," he says. "The whole world wants that chance. My dream is to play in Dodger Stadium."  They are both still playing today.Pedro Flores spends a lot of time on buses and even more time away from his family. He has been separated from his wife, Ventura, and their six children for the past 13 years, seeing them only twice a year for short visits.Pedro works as a meatpacker in Garden City, Kansas. The Flores's six children, five girls and one boy, live with Ventura on an impoverished ranch near Guanajuato, Mexico—1,200 miles and a hostile border away from Garden City.      Pedro works very hard to try to support his family but he rarely sees them. He wants to see his family but his work permits him to only see them twice a year, he travels a lot.He must find sponsors to support his family and make money for them. When he runs ou tof sponors he must quickly find new ones.        All the children in the Flores family are all enrolled in high school. They are tryin to get a good education to get a good job to get money to support eachother. It will be hard to because people will segregate against the Mexicans. People think that they are of the lowest class.     In the crowded city of Bangalore, India—known as the country's Silicon Valley—Anjan Bacchu, a successful computer programmer, is planning to apply for a job in the U.S. Anjan is especially interested in the Internet and e-commerce. "The amount of knowledge that can be shared so cheaply by lots and lots of people is really amazing," he says. "And I feel that the Internet can make a lot of difference to India."     In a modern twist on the Indian tradition of arranged marriages, Anjan uses an online marriage bureau to find a wife. Anjan says he wants a "complete woman. She should be able to complement me, not compete with me. She should know English, because I’m going abroad. She should be enthusiastic, hard working, honest. I've got a very big list, in fact."     Four weeks after their engagement, Anjan and Harshini are married in her hometown of Mysore in a traditional Indian wedding. After the wedding, Anjan turns his focus to job hunting in America and getting to know his new wife. After one job offer and some hand-wringing, Anjan accepts a position with a small software development firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. Only days after their first wedding anniversary, Anjan prepares to leave for the U.S. Harshini will follow in a few months.      As Anjan leaves the airport after putting Harshini and Amita on the plane, he reflects on his journey. "I’m sad that now I’m lost in this world, that I wasn’t wise enough when I got lost to find my way, so I didn’t have to put others to sorrow. It’s like I’m in the South Pole and I have just a compass, and I don’t necessarily know how the compass works. It’s not only me, I have two other people that I have to take care of—so many visions about life have changed. That’s the saying in India, ‘for a stone to become a sculpture, it needs lots of hits.’"     Naima Saadeh is determined to leave the small town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank where she has lived her whole life. Like many young people, she wants to see more of the world. Naima is a progressive young woman with ambitions and El Jib is a provincial Muslim village. She wants to see what else is out there in the world. She wants to hve more communication and recreational centers for young men and women to be occupied with.      I’ve been wanting to go to America since I was little to build up my future and improve myself," Naima says. "I think in America there are more opportunities than here. I’m the kind of person who likes change. I want to go out and see the world."     When they moved to America Naima and her sisters finished high school at the orphanage. Her two brothers never had the chance. In 1987, twenty years of Palestinian frustration with Israeli occupation set off a wave of violence. Naima's oldest brother died in prison during the Intifada. He was 20 years old. Naima’s other brother Jihad was a leader in the youth movement and was arrested at the age of 13. He spent three years in prison. "Prison is like a flower that everyone in Palestine has to smell," says Jihad.     She meets this man named Hatem, she fell in love with him instantly. They get married and Naima starts to open up to America and starts to act like she was normally born in America. Hatem makes good money and Naima is going to start a job soon.

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      1. Ancient societies did not divide people according to physical differences, but according to religion, status, class, even language.  
      2. Not one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all members of one so called race from all members of another so-called race.  
      3. Throughout history, societies have enslaved others as a result of conquest or war
      4. When the U. S was founded, equality was a radical new idea.
      5. As the race concept evolved, it justified extermination of Native Americans, exclusion of Asian immigrants, and taking of Mexican lands.
      6. Modern humans have not been around long enough to evolve into separate subspecies or races.
      7. Most traits are inherited independently of one another. 
      8. Two random Koreans are likely to be as genetically differnt as a Korean and an Italian. 
      9. Our government and society have created advantages to being white 
     10. Pretending race does not exist is not the same as creating equality.  

      The world is getting worse everyday but eventually it will all work out. I believe race will not be a big factor 100 years from now. Of course some people will still be prejudice but the majority will not. Even today the only time people talk about race is when they are joking around. I believe the second we have a black president it would take four years and race will no longer be an issue in the U.S.

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Shallyn Carreiro

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GROUP #2:
      This site and its focus tells us that hate in America is a dreadful, daily constant.
(1)Hate must be exposed and denounced. (2)Tolerance is your personal decision that comes from the belief that everyone is equally important. (3)America's strength is Diversity.(4) This site helps you realize that insensitivity and ignorance can easily turn diversity into discrimination. (5)Race and religion inspire most hate crimes. (6)But in today's society wears many faces. (7)The 20th century had major progress in banning discrimination,(8) and most Americans today support integrated schools and neighborhoods. (9)But prejudice and unequal treatment still persists. (10)Every week a cross is burned.(11)Every hour someone commits a hate crime.(12) Hate is an open attack on a community's health.(13)Hate tears a society along racial ethnic, gender, and religious lines.

          Some suggestions for people to improve tolerance and respect diversity in everyday lives are to look inside yourself for prejudice and stereotypes. You should acknowledge the differences among people and take it as uniqueness. You should teach others about fairness and how to respect yourself as well as others. Also, talk to others about different cultures and other families get to know each other as people and friends not as being "different". Diversity is what makes America "the land of the free", freedom for all not one race, but for everyone. You can spread tolerance through out schools, churches bulletins, T.V, radio ect. A community that is unified is the strongest defense against hate. You must change your own heart before you can change others.





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Group #2: Tolerance.org - America's history has been filled with the struggle against racism and the fight for equality and rights.  Tolerance.org seeks to explore these issues now, not 100 years ago.  What does this site and its focus tell us about the diversity of American society today?  Your assignment is to 1) describe in your own words 10 facts that you didn't know that you learned from the website (40 points), 2) describe five suggestions for people to improve tolerance and respect diversity in their everyday lives (40 points) and 3) respond to another student's post (20 points).  Extra credit will be given to those that answer responses and continue discussions.


1) i learned that as young 15 year old  girl went to a white school. and before she ever got to the steps she was beaten by a mod of white people. when she finally got to the stairs she told the cops and they didnt do a thing about it.  
2) also in 1957 the supreme court passes the BROWN Vs. Board of Education ruling, which said black students had a right to attend integrated schools.
3) every hour someone commits a hate crime.
4) every week a crosscross is burned. Every Day 17 people become hate crime victims.
5) people all over the country now are trying to prevent hate crimes.
6) one person who trys to help fuight hate crimes might and may do more then a hole community.
7) every day a hate crime is done on a  college campus.
8)Every minute a college student somewhere sees or hears something racist.
9) apathy is as dangerous as hate.
10) if i work with the media there will always be compications as weel as benifts.


1)Volunteer at a local social services organization.
2)Attend services at a variety of churches
3)Visit a local senior citizens center and collect oral histories
4)join a diversity program
5)Read a book or watch a movie about another culture.



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Mason. wrote:
Group #2.

10 Facts
1. Peoples from ancient history never put people into different races, but seperated them using their class and languages.
2. Slavery was not always based on race. It used to just be prisoners from wars or conquests.
3. Even though humans may look a lot different to each other, we are the most similar of any species in the world.
4. Genes for skin color have nothing to do with any other gene such as eye color or hair texture.
5. Two people of any race are as likely to be different from each other as two people from two different races.
6. A civil rights law was passed in 1970 that allowed people to identify their own race and not be classified on their appearance.
 7. When Pocahontas married John Rolfe the British court had a scandal not because of the racial differences but because a princess married a common person.
8. In 1967 the law prohibiting interracial marriage is finally removed by the Supreme Court saying that, "a person's individual right to marry cannot be restricted by race."
9. Modern humans, homosapiens, didn't come around until about 170,000 years ago.
10. Nobody knows exactly why skin color is darker or lighter, it could be for any number of reasons.

5 Suggestions
1.  Try not to judge people on the color of their skin, everyone is human.
2.  Try not to guess someone's race by their appearance because you will probably be wrong, and it may offend them.
3.  Respect everyone's cultural ideals and don't disrespect them.
4.  If someone is proud of their heritage or background don't put them down.
5.  Respect everyone's beliefs even you don't believe in the same things.
I definately agree with you. And your first suggestion is definately the most important. If people would just respect a person for being a person-not the color of their skin, their religion, or their sexual orientation people would have a lot more respect for each other.



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kevin wrote:
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The idea of race is a new idea there used to not be race in ancient societies.  There are no traits or genes that change from one member of the race to the next.  Slavery was because of war not because of what you looked like.  When America started race was a way to figure out who or why someone could have rights or freedoms.  When the race concept was accepted it made it okay to enslave and killing Native Americans Asians and taking Mexican lands.  Humans don’t have subspecies or races we are all part the same species.  Skin color has nothing to do with the other traits you receive upon birth.  The most difference are of the same race not between.  Regardless of the society we live in now there are still many advantages for white people versus people of other colors.  To end racism we need to change the policies we have in place and give everyone the same advantage.  Hopefully we will continue to fix the problem of the way we look at different races in 100 years as much as we have radically changed in this past century.
I agree we definately need to change the policies we have in place everyone deserves to have the same advantage seeing as how several races are often looked down upon.  :]


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Group 3:

1.) Ten Things Learned: The site which was visited provided me with many facts that I didn't know concerning race. One fact would be that in ancient times, people would be categorized by their status in the community rather than by putting people into a certain race just by their physical appearance. To think that in present times people would be differentiated by status is true in a sense but most likely not of that back in ancient civilization. Another fact I learned is that modern humans haven’t been around long enough to develop into different races or subspecies. I always have thought of race as being a mark of differentiability amongst the race of humans living in the world today. I also found out that there was no one trait that distinguishes one ‘race’ from another. In modern society, usually stereotypes are made due to physical differences and so those differences created the thought of certain traits belonging to a certain ‘race’. So not everyone, including myself, ever gave much thought about those traits just being in our minds. I also learned that people from Australia tend to have bigger sized heads than every other continent in the world. This is quite a fascinating thing to find out. Traits are also not guaranteed even if you have one from a certain ‘race’. I also found out that most traits are inherited independently of one another. It’s pretty interesting how the genes for skin color have nothing to do with the genes of other traits. There is also the fact that of the small amount of total human genetic variations, 85% exist within any population. Another fact I found out was that even if people were to just pretend race doesn’t exist, it still wouldn’t solve the problem of equality. Not many usually would see the world as it is from a more wide perspective than of their own independent point of view. When science emerged in the late 18th century, it helped to rationalize social inequalities and justify racial laws and discriminatory policies. This was something that I’ve wondered about but never really read anything pertaining to it. One last fact that I’ve learned is that Australia and Southern Africa have a more broad, flat nose than the other regions of the world.

2.) American Society in 100 Years: American society 100 years from now on the idea of race will be something similar to today’s concept of race. Even if time goes on, people’s beliefs and such will go on through their children and so forth. So the ideas about race will live and continue through the ages. Nothing can stomp out the beliefs of race, not even time. Although race might have somewhat changed a little through history, not much has changed regarding it. Not saying anything has changed may be a little understated in terms of rights of people and such, but the beliefs about those people is what hasn’t changed much. Racism and thoughts of ‘race superiority’ are still being circulated throughout the world today no matter where one might live.

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I read a story on these five girls that come from different parts of the world and they tell us about there experiences with life its self. They talk about sexuality and how some of them aren’t allowed to date at all that stinks. It talks about teens and anger especially anger that your parents have because they don't have control over you anymore.  What there trying to say is that parents get frustrated just like us. They also talk about being popular in school to fit in with the rest of the crowd. Has you can tell in high schools there are groups like the popular kids the nerds the jocks so its hard for them t o fit in if your new because you don't know anyone. There are the kids that make fun of you because of the way you look the way you dress or because of the way talk and that is not correct but that what the girls are talking about. 



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Jamie Dias wrote:
The group i have choosen was group #2 about tolerance
10 things I have learned
1. There were 191,000 hate crimes reported in 2005 by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. On January 29th,2007 research showed light skinned immigrants in the U.S make more money on average then those with darker complexion
3. Every hour someone commits a hate crime
4.Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites,3 Jews ,and 1 Latino die
5.Every week a cross is burned
6. Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites, 3 Jews , and 1 Lation dies
7. 9 black children in 1957 enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock,Ark, and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality
8. The Brown vs Board of education case gave the blacks the right to attend the same schools as whites.
9. Teachers of color are usually put in schools  with low income
10. More then 44% of hate crimes get reported to the police

5 suggestions
1.The way to respect diversity is show movies in school about different cultures so the students can understand how important different cultures are.
2.Imagine your self in there shoes
3. Make friends with people from different cultures and learn about them.
Good points, the very last one especially. Just wondering, do you have any friends from different cultures? If so, which? 



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Leslie wrote:
OOPS!! I forgot to write five suggestions.  Here they are:
1.People should take the time to get to know people who are different to them
2.People shouldn't be so quick to judge all those who are different to them.
3.I think if people were more informed of what's really going on in the world involving hate crimes. If more people knew, i think there would be a change in how people are.
4.Schools should make this a part of what they teach so that the students would be more aware of what is actually going on.
5.People just need to think how they would feel if they were the victims.  there is a saying that says don't do to others what you don't want done to yourself.  If people had this way of thinking they would think before they say something that might offend someone.

I really liked your suggestions. One of the problems is, people never think about themselves in another situation (if they were the victim), and that could make people act different. Because no one wants to be offended. It's always easier to be the offender than being the one whose being offended. People should definately think about that more.



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Heather, i deffinitely agree with you, but you could even add the best cure for hate is to be tolerant. Hate has to do with the behavior of others, by spreading tolerance your already changing the world...=]] but very good essay!

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10 facts I’ve learned from the website:

 

v     Every year more than half a million college students are targets of bias-driven slurs or physical assaults

v     Every day at least one hate crime occurs on a college campus

v     Every minute a college student somewhere sees or hears racist, sexist, or homophobic or otherwise biased words or images

v     At Olivet College in Michigan, 51 of 55 African American students quit the school after a spate of racial violence and harassment

v     Teachers of color are more likely to be assigned to low-income schools that fail to meet federal standards

v     Color claims over the past year have risen to1400 in year 2002 to1555 in year 2003

v     Every hour someone commits a hate crime

v     Everyday at least eight blacks and three whites, three gays three Jews and one Latino becomes victims of hate crimes

v     Every week a cross is burned

v     According to FBI statistics, the greatest growth in hate crimes in recent years is against Asian Americans and the gay and lesbian communities

  

Five Suggestions For People to Improve Tolerance and Respect Diversity:

 

v     Volunteer at local services organizations

v     Participate in a diversity program

v     Speak up when you hear slurs.  Let people know that bias speech is always unacceptable

v     Imagine what your life would be like if you were a person of another race, gender, or sexual orientation.  How might “today” have been different

v     Create a “diversity profile” of your friends, co-workers and acquaintances.  Set the goal of expanding it by next year



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Heather Roy wrote:
Leslie wrote:
OOPS!! I forgot to write five suggestions.  Here they are:
1.People should take the time to get to know people who are different to them
2.People shouldn't be so quick to judge all those who are different to them.
3.I think if people were more informed of what's really going on in the world involving hate crimes. If more people knew, i think there would be a change in how people are.
4.Schools should make this a part of what they teach so that the students would be more aware of what is actually going on.
5.People just need to think how they would feel if they were the victims.  there is a saying that says don't do to others what you don't want done to yourself.  If people had this way of thinking they would think before they say something that might offend someone.

I really liked your suggestions. One of the problems is, people never think about themselves in another situation (if they were the victim), and that could make people act different. Because no one wants to be offended. It's always easier to be the offender than being the one whose being offended. People should definately think about that more.

Yeah, that's really true. I find it really aggravating when people call each other 'fags' and crack gay jokes all the time. It really offends me, and I think people should think more before they say things that may be offensive or hurtful to someone.



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Jerome Hardy

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Winnie Z wrote:
Group 3:

1.) Ten Things Learned: The site which was visited provided me with many facts that I didn't know concerning race. One fact would be that in ancient times, people would be categorized by their status in the community rather than by putting people into a certain race just by their physical appearance. To think that in present times people would be differentiated by status is true in a sense but most likely not of that back in ancient civilization. Another fact I learned is that modern humans haven’t been around long enough to develop into different races or subspecies. I always have thought of race as being a mark of differentiability amongst the race of humans living in the world today. I also found out that there was no one trait that distinguishes one ‘race’ from another. In modern society, usually stereotypes are made due to physical differences and so those differences created the thought of certain traits belonging to a certain ‘race’. So not everyone, including myself, ever gave much thought about those traits just being in our minds. I also learned that people from Australia tend to have bigger sized heads than every other continent in the world. This is quite a fascinating thing to find out. Traits are also not guaranteed even if you have one from a certain ‘race’. I also found out that most traits are inherited independently of one another. It’s pretty interesting how the genes for skin color have nothing to do with the genes of other traits. There is also the fact that of the small amount of total human genetic variations, 85% exist within any population. Another fact I found out was that even if people were to just pretend race doesn’t exist, it still wouldn’t solve the problem of equality. Not many usually would see the world as it is from a more wide perspective than of their own independent point of view. When science emerged in the late 18th century, it helped to rationalize social inequalities and justify racial laws and discriminatory policies. This was something that I’ve wondered about but never really read anything pertaining to it. One last fact that I’ve learned is that Australia and Southern Africa have a more broad, flat nose than the other regions of the world.

2.) American Society in 100 Years: American society 100 years from now on the idea of race will be something similar to today’s concept of race. Even if time goes on, people’s beliefs and such will go on through their children and so forth. So the ideas about race will live and continue through the ages. Nothing can stomp out the beliefs of race, not even time. Although race might have somewhat changed a little through history, not much has changed regarding it. Not saying anything has changed may be a little understated in terms of rights of people and such, but the beliefs about those people is what hasn’t changed much. Racism and thoughts of ‘race superiority’ are still being circulated throughout the world today no matter where one might live.

         I've learned a lot from your article

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    The first story I read was about was Ogini Refugees. They came from Africa with a lot oil. He protested against what there goverment was doing and how they were polluting the land. So who ever was protesting against there goverment they would send people to bulldoze over there houses and villages. They then killed Ken the leader of the protest movement and the were forced to move to the next town over to avoid persecution. This is there story

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Shallyn Carreiro wrote:

GROUP #2:
      This site and its focus tells us that hate in America is a dreadful, daily constant.
(1)Hate must be exposed and denounced. (2)Tolerance is your personal decision that comes from the belief that everyone is equally important. (3)America's strength is Diversity.(4) This site helps you realize that insensitivity and ignorance can easily turn diversity into discrimination. (5)Race and religion inspire most hate crimes. (6)But in today's society wears many faces. (7)The 20th century had major progress in banning discrimination,(8) and most Americans today support integrated schools and neighborhoods. (9)But prejudice and unequal treatment still persists. (10)Every week a cross is burned.(11)Every hour someone commits a hate crime.(12) Hate is an open attack on a community's health.(13)Hate tears a society along racial ethnic, gender, and religious lines.

          Some suggestions for people to improve tolerance and respect diversity in everyday lives are to look inside yourself for prejudice and stereotypes. You should acknowledge the differences among people and take it as uniqueness. You should teach others about fairness and how to respect yourself as well as others. Also, talk to others about different cultures and other families get to know each other as people and friends not as being "different". Diversity is what makes America "the land of the free", freedom for all not one race, but for everyone. You can spread tolerance through out schools, churches bulletins, T.V, radio ect. A community that is unified is the strongest defense against hate. You must change your own heart before you can change others.



Shaylyn, I definately agree with you. Excepting other peoples' differences is the only way to learn and respect about other peoples' cultures. The world would be a horrible place if everyone was the same.



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(1) there is 191,000 hate crimes every year
(2) every year more than half a million college students are targets of bias-driven slurs or physical assaults.
(3) everyday at least one hate crime occurs on a college campus.
(4)  evey minute a college student somewhere sees or hears racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise biased words or images.
(5) every week a cross is burned
(6) every hour someone commits a hate crime
(7) every day at least eight blacks, three whites, three gays, three Jews and one Latino become hate crime victims.
(8) The FBI listed 286 crimes on college campuses in 2001



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I learned many things from Tolerance.com.  1.) First of all, I learned that bullying has it’s own abc’s.  2.) Also, the abc’s stand for “Anti-bias classroom.”  3.) This is an organization that offers advice to teachers, students, and parents in relation to bullying.  4.) It says in the article on this website that bullying begins with verbal abuse.  5.) Also, it claims that verbal abuse is just as harmful as physical bullying, if not more, to self-confidence in a child.  6.) 66% of U.S. middle school students say they are teased at least once a month. 7.) Most students are teased because of race, culture, religion, and other such situations. 8.) However, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students are at an even greater risk of being teased. 9.) According to another study, they hear anti-gay remarks at least once every 14 minutes. 10.)  Name-calling starts early and has long-lasting effects on children.  I know I’m still bothered from names that kids called me when I was in middle and elementary school.

 

There are many ways a person can improve tolerance and respect diversity in their every day lives.  

1.) You can participate in a diversity program.

2.) You can learn sign language.

3.) Take the “hidden bias” test on Tolerance.com along with your friends and discuss the results with them.

4.) Create a diversity profile of your friends, co-workers, and acquaintances and set a goal of expanding it over the next year.

5.) Read a book or watch a movie about another culture.

 

These are only a few of the many ways you can improve in tolerance in your every day life.  If you log onto Tolerance.com you can see hundreds of other ideas.  Tolerance is something that we need in order to have peace and I believe every one should strive for the goal of improving it and respecting diversity every day.




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Valdir wrote:

Group 2:

 Ten Things Learned:1)      In the early nineteenth century Thomas Dartmouth became one of the most celebrated stage actors of the time due to his portrayal of an old, crippled, mentally slow, African American. Dartmouth, a white male, made a career of spawning stereotypes of blacks, showcasing their so-called incompetence, laziness, and child-like nature.2)      In 1894 Bostonians drew up the Immigration Restriction League to help exclude immigrating Poles, Russians, and other immigrants from society. They felt that along with luggage, hopes, and poverty, as well as their darker skin and foreign speech, these immigrants would bring ruin to American culture. 3)      During the Civil War, Confederate currency depicted on its one-hundred dollar bill well-dressed slaves on their seemingly leisurely day on the plantation. The image wanted to convey slavery as “a wonderful institution. Thus, the absence of any negative scenes depicted on the bills.” 4)      The word Paddy Wagon, defined “an enclosed motor truck used by police to carry prisoners” by Webster, has origins found deep in racial stereotypes. It is actually derived from the notion that all Irish males were named Patrick, hence Paddy. Paddy then was combined with "wagon" to describe police vans that allegedly picked up so many "Paddies.”5)      War propaganda like those of World War II, dehumanizing Japanese culture, helped shape citizen’s views of our overseas neighbor, and eventually sway the U.S. government to order some 112,000 U.S. residents of Japanese descent to internment camps in February, 1942.6)      Over five national sport franchises use Native American mascots which actually glorify the stereotype of a “violence-prone Native American warrior who elicits fear.” Go team?7)      In 2005 there were a reported 191,000 hate crimes as recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 8)      A 2005 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that a mere 44% of hate crimes get reported to police.9)      A government survey of 2,084 legal immigrants to the United States found that those with the lightest skin complexion earned an average of 8 to 15% more than immigrants with much darker skin.10)  Brown v. Board of Education ruling stated that black students had a right to attend integrated schools. 

Five Suggestions:

             My suggestions include the end of apartheid schooling in America. One way of dealing with diversity is fostering it in our school systems. The development of sites and programs conveying the same message as Tolerance.org can also spread the word on fighting diversity today. Finally, simply acting out and taking a stand on acts of prejudice and intolerance. Action must be taken; otherwise the injustice will only fester.


That's horrible that they would try to depict something so vile as slavery as 'leisurely' -_- Also being a 'wonderful instituition' is evil indeed. >:O 191,000 hate crimes is also too many. People need to learn that hating each other will only result in living a shameful life. Good work Valdir on your suggestions too. You're right in that diversity should be dealt with through the schools because..'children are the future'. Haha. xD ^.^ *clap clap*

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FACTS

1.- Every hour, someone commits a hate crime. Daily 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 jews, and 1 latino are the victims.

2- Every week, a cross is burned.

3- The greatest growth in hate crimes in the recent years is against Asian Americans and the gay and lesbian community.

4.- some police agencies are not trained in investigating or recognizing hate crimes.

5.- Statistics suggest that the number of hate crimes is around 191,000; making it between 19 and 31 times higher than what has been officially reported in the past 15 years.

6.- Every minute, a student will hear or see a racist, sexist, homophobic, or any other biased word or image.

7.- The Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups are still allowed to say what they would like, due to the First Amendment.

8.- Some hate crimes are not even documented.

9- Many victims of hate crimes do not come forward to the police or take further action. Only 44% are actually reported.

10.- More and more people are recognizing and standing up against hate crimes.

 

 Suggestions

1.     Taking a foreign language will help to better connect with people who live in community and speak another language.

2.     Speaking up against any slurs will not only make the victim feel better, but it will show other people that it helps to say something.  

3.     Reading books and doing research about other cultures and religions will open up your mind to how others do things.  It will also make people better connect with others because they understand their lives.

4.     Joining a club or group that is based on diversity.  This will help expose people to culture and teach them to appreciate differences in people.

5.     Volunteering at different cultural events will also help to better expose people to culture.



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Sabrina

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 I agree Alexandra, Your post is very well-written, with a tremendous amount of great information on diversity in America

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Donald VEnerable

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Ten things I never knew about races and iv'e learned about by looking at this site was

1.Race is a modern idea because ancient societies divided groups according to peoples religon, language ECT.

2. Race has no genetic basis

3.Slavery predates race

4.Race and freedom were born together

5.You cant judge people by that they look like

6.You have to talk to someone to know the whole truth about them

7.Race shouldn't be acted like it dosent exist

8.Raceism is a worldwide issue with more than black and white

9.Racism is not going to be forgotten

10.racism has gotten better over time.  

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Valdir

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kevin wrote:
Jamie Dias wrote:
The group i have choosen was group #2 about tolerance
10 things I have learned
1. There were 191,000 hate crimes reported in 2005 by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. On January 29th,2007 research showed light skinned immigrants in the U.S make more money on average then those with darker complexion
3. Every hour someone commits a hate crime
4.Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites,3 Jews ,and 1 Latino die
5.Every week a cross is burned
6. Every day 3 gays,3 blacks,3 whites, 3 Jews , and 1 Lation dies
7. 9 black children in 1957 enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock,Ark, and compelled the nation to live up to its promise of equality
8. The Brown vs Board of education case gave the blacks the right to attend the same schools as whites.
9. Teachers of color are usually put in schools  with low income
10. More then 44% of hate crimes get reported to the police

5 suggestions
1.The way to respect diversity is show movies in school about different cultures so the students can understand how important different cultures are.
2.Imagine your self in there shoes
3. Make friends with people from different cultures and learn about them.
Sometimes jsut showing something to somebody is not enough to make a solid impression the translation is lost in movies and books until you see these kind of things first hand you dont see the reality of the different cultures and lives of someone elses race or culture.
You have a point Kevin, but many people won't ever have first hand experience with the topic. Movies and films can at least introduce these concepts to people who have no way of ever gaining the experience. You're right, many films can mislead and shed bad light on different groups (Platoon), but again, others can enlighten society on terrible situations around the globe (Hotel Rwanda) in true fashion. 



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Nathan Vidal wrote:
The Ogoni Refugees:    A family of four, Israel (the father), Ngozi (mother), and two children live in a small torn and drooping tent, in a refugee camp in Benin, West Africa. No running water, no bathroom, and no mats on the dirt floor thats serves as beds. They are a unhappy family from the lower class.    The Nwidors are members of a small tribal minority known as the Ogonis. When the Nwidors came to America they wanted to live in a house in a warm bed. They only wanted to do everything that everybody else does. They are settled in in Chicago, Illinois at a refugee camp. They are happy to be living in a up-town low income housing complex. Israel Nwidor has dangerously high blood pressure and cannot work gue to it. Ngozi works as a maid during the night but at the same time she tries to keep up with her studies at nursing school. Ngozi is a tuberculosis carrier.     Good news comes, when Ngozi was about to fail her nursing school she passes her final and passes the class. The Nwidors are doing good after the harsh and good times.    The Dominican Republic has the most baseball players in the MLB than any other country in the world. Many years before the Dominicans and African American all used to be part of their own leagues because of their color and race. It used to be called the Negro Leagues.     Ricardo Rodriguez is a shy but disciplined country boy. An 18 year old was discovered at a welding shop by Rafael Gonzalez, a local baseball scout, he noticed "had big muscles in his shoulders and back, and that his arms hung down to his knees." "He has the potential to make a lot of money for someone," says Gonzalez.     José Garcia is a talented and charismatic player, who splits time between baseball and five girlfriends. "All ballplayers here dream of going to the U.S.," he says. "The whole world wants that chance. My dream is to play in Dodger Stadium."  They are both still playing today.Pedro Flores spends a lot of time on buses and even more time away from his family. He has been separated from his wife, Ventura, and their six children for the past 13 years, seeing them only twice a year for short visits.Pedro works as a meatpacker in Garden City, Kansas. The Flores's six children, five girls and one boy, live with Ventura on an impoverished ranch near Guanajuato, Mexico—1,200 miles and a hostile border away from Garden City.      Pedro works very hard to try to support his family but he rarely sees them. He wants to see his family but his work permits him to only see them twice a year, he travels a lot.He must find sponsors to support his family and make money for them. When he runs ou tof sponors he must quickly find new ones.        All the children in the Flores family are all enrolled in high school. They are tryin to get a good education to get a good job to get money to support eachother. It will be hard to because people will segregate against the Mexicans. People think that they are of the lowest class.     In the crowded city of Bangalore, India—known as the country's Silicon Valley—Anjan Bacchu, a successful computer programmer, is planning to apply for a job in the U.S. Anjan is especially interested in the Internet and e-commerce. "The amount of knowledge that can be shared so cheaply by lots and lots of people is really amazing," he says. "And I feel that the Internet can make a lot of difference to India."     In a modern twist on the Indian tradition of arranged marriages, Anjan uses an online marriage bureau to find a wife. Anjan says he wants a "complete woman. She should be able to complement me, not compete with me. She should know English, because I’m going abroad. She should be enthusiastic, hard working, honest. I've got a very big list, in fact."     Four weeks after their engagement, Anjan and Harshini are married in her hometown of Mysore in a traditional Indian wedding. After the wedding, Anjan turns his focus to job hunting in America and getting to know his new wife. After one job offer and some hand-wringing, Anjan accepts a position with a small software development firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. Only days after their first wedding anniversary, Anjan prepares to leave for the U.S. Harshini will follow in a few months.      As Anjan leaves the airport after putting Harshini and Amita on the plane, he reflects on his journey. "I’m sad that now I’m lost in this world, that I wasn’t wise enough when I got lost to find my way, so I didn’t have to put others to sorrow. It’s like I’m in the South Pole and I have just a compass, and I don’t necessarily know how the compass works. It’s not only me, I have two other people that I have to take care of—so many visions about life have changed. That’s the saying in India, ‘for a stone to become a sculpture, it needs lots of hits.’"     Naima Saadeh is determined to leave the small town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank where she has lived her whole life. Like many young people, she wants to see more of the world. Naima is a progressive young woman with ambitions and El Jib is a provincial Muslim village. She wants to see what else is out there in the world. She wants to hve more communication and recreational centers for young men and women to be occupied with.      I’ve been wanting to go to America since I was little to build up my future and improve myself," Naima says. "I think in America there are more opportunities than here. I’m the kind of person who likes change. I want to go out and see the world."     When they moved to America Naima and her sisters finished high school at the orphanage. Her two brothers never had the chance. In 1987, twenty years of Palestinian frustration with Israeli occupation set off a wave of violence. Naima's oldest brother died in prison during the Intifada. He was 20 years old. Naima’s other brother Jihad was a leader in the youth movement and was arrested at the age of 13. He spent three years in prison. "Prison is like a flower that everyone in Palestine has to smell," says Jihad.     She meets this man named Hatem, she fell in love with him instantly. They get married and Naima starts to open up to America and starts to act like she was normally born in America. Hatem makes good money and Naima is going to start a job soon.
Wow, Nate.  You must REALLY type fast.  Funny... those sentences look a lot like the ones on the website... that's odd.  Hey, next time keep them in your own words, ok? :)



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Jerome Hardy wrote:
I believe the second we have a black president it would take four years and race will no longer be an issue in the U.S.
Jerome, what do you think of Barak Obama?  He's running for president now (2008) and could potentially win.  Here's his website: http://obama.senate.gov/ and an article on him from Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama.



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Mason. wrote:
Heather Roy wrote:
The 10 facts that I learned at the tolerance website were;
***a hate crime is committed every hour. That's 24 hate crimes in a day.
***Everyday at least 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 jews, and 1 latino become hate crime victims. -18 people per day-
***Every week a cross is burned.
***The greatest growth in hate crimes is against Asian Americans
***The second greatest growth is against the gay and lesbian community.
***Most hate crimes go uninvestigated
***Every MINUTE a college student somewhere hears racist, sexest, or homophobic words or images.
***Every year almost half a million  college students are targets of harmful slurs or assaults.
***When bias motivates an unlawful act-it is considered a hate crime.
***Most hate crimes are committed in the North and West.

In your everyday life, you can improve tolerance and respect diversity in 5 SIMPLE ways. By:
***Attending a play, or going to a play whose performers are a different ethnicity from you.
***When you hear slurs, let people know bias speech is always unacceptable.
***Imagine your life as another gender, race, or sexual orientation. Imagine how you would handle things.
***List all the stereotypes you can-positive and negative. Are these sterotypes reflected in your actions?
***Read a book or watch a movie about another culture.

Wow, I would have thought that most hate crimes occured in the South because of it's history with slavery and other things.  I had no idea that there was actually more hate crimes would be in the North and West.
I read that too.  I was kind of shocked at exactly how many hate crimes there were. This is definately a problem that needs to be worked on A.S.A.P.  And i also felt the same as Mason did. I would figure that more hate crimes would be in the South. 
I think that if we can get police agencies to start training in recognizing and investigating hate crimes, then more people will report them.



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Hi Kevin:

Slavery is actually found in ancient history and occurred because on group of people were found to be more "powerful" than another group of people. Slavery could happen even among people of the same clan/tribe. Usingthe concepts of history, can you create a debate that women were "slaves" of men? weren't they property? Chattel?

Can't wait for your response.

Mrs V


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The New Americans

1.) Nigeria
Families come from Nigeria in order to escape the persecution that they faced in their own country. When they arrive here however, expecting to make better lives for themselves and their children, they are met with racism and prejudice. One such family is the Nwidor family, they left Nigeria to escape the persecution of the military government they had opposed. They have trouble getting jobs that will pay them well enough so they can support their families at home. Their family in Nigeria also expect them to send money because they believe life in America is easy and that they automatically have high paying jobs. They also suffer from poor health and when Israel Nwidor goes for his driver’s license, the people at the DMV ignore him because of his race. Isreal works hard to get a better job so he can make a better life for his children.

2.) Dominican Republic
Young men who live in the Dominican Republic are often picked by baseball teams to play in the minor league in the United States. Many families depend on their sons to be chosen, and when they do not make it, many end up poor and homeless. When they become teenagers and they are well built for baseball, they will leave school so they can begin training in the baseball camps that the major league has established in the Dominican Republic. Some of them make it and move on to the major league, while others are not picked and are sometimes deported.

3.) India
Anjan Bacchu came to America from India because he wanted a job in America that he could bring back to India. He meets a woman, Harshini, through internet based matching bureau and the two marry soon after. Anjan takes a job at a small software development firm in San Fransico and Harshini arrives in America a few months later. Soon after coming to the U.S., Anjan becomes homesick and Harshini becomes bored with her life of housekeeping and shopping, she is unable to get a job because her visa does not permit it. In 2000, when the dot-com industry fails, Anjan is left without a job and he fears being asked to return to India. Harshini becomes pregnant and once she gives birth, she returns to India, leaving Anjan behind to search for work. Anjan is unsure of his future and fears he will not be able to care for his wife and daughter.

4.) Palestine
A women, Naima Saadeh, from Palestine wishes to leave so can see more of the world. She feels that she does not have enough opportunities where she lives and life in America will bring more change, which is what she seeks. She meets a man from Chicago, Hatem Abudayyeh, and the two were married in the U.S. two months later. After interviewing for many jobs, Naima takes a job as a kindergarten teacher at a Muslim school. Naima and Hatem grow apart as Hatem becomes more political and fights for the Palestinian cause. She does not agree with his political views and has trouble staying close to him. She takes a job at a daycare that is run by a Jewish family and she cares for the children very much. After the September 11th attacks, the Arab American Center that Hatem works at is set on fire, but she continues to be committed to the cause. He begins to work nonstop as Naima becomes unsure about her American life and wishes to return to her home in Palestine. The two however, buy a house and Naima gets excited about her new home.

5.) Mexico
The Flores family has been depending on Pedro Flores to go back and forth between Mexico and Kansas to work and make money so the whole family can live in America someday. After much struggle the family is finally able to get visas and move to Kansas. Ventura however, misses the rest of her family who live in California and the family is forced to leave Kansas for California. The children must leave school and are not allowed to attend school in California and they all take field work, which pays much less than they were earning in Kansas. They also must live in a single-wide trailer with Ventura’s sister, which is home to fifteen people. Their oldest daughter, Nora attends night school but feels that she will still never finish high school and her only dream is learn English. Ventura is happy with their new life but her daughters have still not adjusted to it yet, but she knows they will like it eventually.


5 Examples of Culture

1.) Henna, traditional in India and Palestine, was believed to originally have been used to stay cool in the hot Indian desert. The paste that is used in henna was put on the hands and feet, and even once it is removed, keeps you cool. This eventually turned into an art form of lines and dots painted on the hands and feet.

2.) The altars in Mexican homes are often built by the women of the family. Women use the building of these altars to assert themselves as powerful and spiritual in their societies.

3.) Bollywood, the film industry in India, puts out as many as 1,000 movies each year, which is twice as many as Hollywood, and it has a daily audience of 14 million.

4.) Highlife music, which originated in Ghana and was a popular music trend in West Africa. The name “highlife” comes from Africa’s high society which Africanized the European music of society bands and military marching bands.

5.) The words magazine, scarlet, and sofa all come from the Middle East and North Africa.

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Valdir wrote:

Group 2:

Ten Things Learned:1) In the early nineteenth century Thomas Dartmouth became one of the most celebrated stage actors of the time due to his portrayal of an old, crippled, mentally slow, African American. Dartmouth, a white male, made a career of spawning stereotypes of blacks, showcasing their so-called incompetence, laziness, and child-like nature.2) In 1894 Bostonians drew up the Immigration Restriction League to help exclude immigrating Poles, Russians, and other immigrants from society. They felt that along with luggage, hopes, and poverty, as well as their darker skin and foreign speech, these immigrants would bring ruin to American culture. 3) During the Civil War, Confederate currency depicted on its one-hundred dollar bill well-dressed slaves on their seemingly leisurely day on the plantation. The image wanted to convey slavery as “a wonderful institution. Thus, the absence of any negative scenes depicted on the bills.” 4) The word Paddy Wagon, defined “an enclosed motor truck used by police to carry prisoners” by Webster, has origins found deep in racial stereotypes. It is actually derived from the notion that all Irish males were named Patrick, hence Paddy. Paddy then was combined with "wagon" to describe police vans that allegedly picked up so many "Paddies.”5) War propaganda like those of World War II, dehumanizing Japanese culture, helped shape citizen’s views of our overseas neighbor, and eventually sway the U.S. government to order some 112,000 U.S. residents of Japanese descent to internment camps in February, 1942.6) Over five national sport franchises use Native American mascots which actually glorify the stereotype of a “violence-prone Native American warrior who elicits fear.” Go team?7) In 2005 there were a reported 191,000 hate crimes as recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 8) A 2005 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that a mere 44% of hate crimes get reported to police.9) A government survey of 2,084 legal immigrants to the United States found that those with the lightest skin complexion earned an average of 8 to 15% more than immigrants with much darker skin.10) Brown v. Board of Education ruling stated that black students had a right to attend integrated schools.

Five Suggestions:

My suggestions include the end of apartheid schooling in America. One way of dealing with diversity is fostering it in our school systems. The development of sites and programs conveying the same message as Tolerance.org can also spread the word on fighting diversity today. Finally, simply acting out and taking a stand on acts of prejudice and intolerance. Action must be taken; otherwise the injustice will only fester.

 



Valdir, this is very interesting. I was shocked to learn that people with lighter skin actually earn more money than those with darker skin and it is appalling to me that only 44% of hate crimes ever get reported, more should be done to end hate crimes and violence.

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100 years from now I think the world will be so changed and different that race wont be a problem. The population will be mostly minorities and then everyone will be so different there will be no hate.Thats what I think.

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Group #2
Ten Facts that I learned:
  1. Every hour someone commits a hate crime.
  2. I learned the 10 ways to fight hate.
  3. 17 percent of the children who age between 2 to 19 are overweight.
  4. Many children, particularly black children, are acutely aware of the disparities that exist in their communities, in the fields of education, employment, healthcare, housing and technology, among others
  5. Nancy Pelosi became the first woman in history to preside over a presidential State of the Union Address.
  6. Women won the right to vote almost 87 years ago.
  7. The Wall of Tolerance records the names of people who have pledged to take a stand against hate, injustice and intolerance.
  8. Those who place their names on the wall make a commitment to work in their daily lives for justice, equality and human rights - the ideals for which the martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement died.
  9. Massachusetts has a Food Project brings together Boston-area youth from diverse backgrounds to grow organic vegetables that are then donated to local homeless shelters or sold to urban farmers' markets.
  10. Bias is learned in childhood. By age 3, children can be aware of racial differences and may have the perception that "white" is desirable.
  11. By age 12, they can hold stereotypes about ethnic, racial and religious groups. Because stereotypes underlie hate, and because almost half of all hate crimes are committed by young men under 20.
  5 Suggestions  
  • First tolerance should be taught at a younger age.
  • I think it’s good that Massachusetts gets involved with different projects.
  • In the 10 ways I learned to fight hate, I think one of the most important ways is to speak up.
  • More people should learn about hate crimes and what to do when they witness it.
  • People should just become more aware in general.


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The nigerian story was about people who got pushed out there own country because they protested against enviormental pollution and came to america mto find a better life. The goverment killed ken the leader. The didn't know any one or anything and they were cleaning dishes.
The next story is about 2 dominican baseball players. When they get baseball players from there, they are competing against so many other people and they only pick around the top 10. These 2 guys get picked and one becomes successful and one doesn't.
The palestianin bride is the one who was going to marry the palestianin guy that was from chicago and when he did it was a total disaster. One of teh problems was that they were to young.
The indian guy found a bride on the internet and they hit it off then they moved to America and made a life here.
The mexican lives in a little room and works on a farm and a meat packer and sends the money back to the family until he gets enough to buy visa's for them to come here legally.

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