Racism

Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated for trying to end segregation. Rodney King was beaten in the streets because he was black. These are just a couple examples of hate crimes caused by race. Racism is really another word for ignorance. It's another way of saying that nature should have had only one type of flower or tree. It's another way of looking at the world with your eyes closed to diversity and change. Racism …

…of the divide have their historical reasons for being afraid of each other. Perhaps the best way to tackle fear is to tackle it face on, whatever the color of the person opposite. Maybe we should sit in the dark and talk to each other as people who share the same problems, the same hopes. Who knows, if we do we may find a kindred soul, a meeting of minds or even a new friend!