Healing begins with the word hello.
Marguerite Stocker,
Long Branch, NJ.
Monmouth University
Injustice Should Never Be An Option
Kayla McDermott-Cobbs,
Long Branch, NJ.
Monmouth University
The United States of America is a place that is constantly changing and evolving. We have grown, as a whole, from a nation that was racially intolerant to a place where a black man can have the Oval. It is our job to educate our country about the scars of our past so that history never repeats itself. In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Injustice should never be an option the great nation the America has become. We have no excuse.
Big hoop earrings and a bubble butt
Yazmine R.,
West Long Beach, NJ.
Monmouth University
Freedom is about commitment, not convenience.
Emma Caban,
Long Branch, NJ.
Monmouth University
Jewish Girl disguised as a white girl
Anonymous,
Long Branch, NJ.
Monmouth University
Racism: SERIOUS, sometimes curable mental disease
Raul,
Long Branch, NJ.
Monmouth University
In my opinion, racism is a Serious sometimes curable mental disease. I believe like many diseases, if caught early, it can be cured. Unfortunately, many times the disease remains dormant throughout life or suppressed by the perspectives of society manifesting itself only behind closed doors. The disease continues to progress with age to advanced stages that makes curing highly unlikely. Advanced stages have been recognized in younger generations which I suspect have had intense chronic exposure. In addition, victims of the disease sometimes suffer acute and severe attacks triggered by radical rhetoric which usually results in acts of violence. Many times horrific.
As mentioned, the good news is that, like many diseases, not only can it be cured if caught early, it can be totally prevented! You see, the way a parent eats, will likely dictate the way their child eats. The same can be said by the way a parent works, studies, cares, socializes, their values and principles, and how they see race. Their attitudes towards life will ultimately affect their child’s life. Parents need to learn how to effectively influence their children so they can grow to be healthy individuals both mentally and physically. If you don’t do it, someone else will step in and do it for you. Prevention begins at home.
Racism: SERIOUS, sometimes curable mental disease
Anonymous,
Long Branch, NJ.
Monmouth University
In my opinion, racism is a Serious sometimes curable mental disease. I believe like many diseases, if caught early, it can be cured. Unfortunately, many times the disease remains dormant throughout life or suppressed by the perspectives of society manifesting itself only behind closed doors. The disease continues to progress with age; curing individuals at advanced stages is highly unlikely. In addition, victims of the disease sometimes suffer acute and severe attacks triggered by radical rhetoric usually resulting in acts of violence. Many times horrific.
The good news is that, like many diseases, it can be totally prevented! You see, the way a parent eats, will likely dictate the way their child eats. The same can be said by the way a parent works, studies, cares, socializes, their values and principles, and how they see race, will ultimately shape their attitudes. Parents need to learn how to effectively influence their children so they can grow to be healthy individuals both mentally and physically. If you don’t do it, someone else will step and do it for you. Prevention of many diseases begins at home.
Racism stops when we respect everyone.
Kathleen E Lo Pinto Vignolini,
Long Branch, NJ.
No other group, except maybe the Jews, have had such a long period of discrimination against them. From Slavery, to post Civil war (the North won the battle, but lost the war!) of Jim Crow, “separate but equal” led to Segregation both de facto & legalized, all because of a pseudo fear of all that is male & black!
Nothing will change, until we agree to disagree & to see all people as good, are deserving of our respect & we treat everyone with dignity, We are all “children of God” and have “inalienable rights” due every person, everywhere
