tolerance

tolerance

August 23, 2013

A Letter To America

Dear America, I honestly don’t know how to begin this, but I believe that people should just stop labeling others and discriminating them. This same idea of being discriminated could be also found in the past. “I am the darker...
August 22, 2013

Assumptions

What it means to be an American is a question asked in our everyday lives. If you ask me I believe you have to dress, talk, and appear a certain way. In present day America we are judged by how...
August 21, 2013

Keep an Open Mind

I remember the day my mom took me aside and told me what I already knew. My brother is gay. I was happy for him when he told the world, that he wasn’t afraid of what other people might think....
August 21, 2013

Racism is Wrong

I believe that racism can end through unity. I’m a white girl from the Dominican Republic. I came to this country 3 years ago when I was 14 years old. In school I have met a lot of friends from...
August 20, 2013

This I Believe

Growing up, I always had a phobia of homosexuals. I always felt uncomfortable around them and couldn’t help but look away when noticing two gay males kissing and/or holding hands. Coming from a conservative, Middle-Eastern, Jewish home, I was never...
August 19, 2013

Wrong Again, I Believe in Hope

I believe in hope. It was hot. My transfer bus was a good twenty minutes away. I was sitting on a metal bench on the lower part of Rodney Square, Wilmington, Delaware. The Supreme Court spoke to California that day....
August 16, 2013

A Book Shouldn’t Be Judged by Its Cover

This I Believe ……. This I believe a book shouldn’t be judge by its cover…… it could be a book that doesn’t have the best looking cover or a really crazy maybe even a scary cover. But if you’re so...
July 31, 2013

Love yourself

You are a wonderful person. No matter what anybody else thinks, says, or does. Everyone is beautiful and special. You are better than one who judges. One must truly love themselves in order for others to love them. People are...
July 26, 2013

What I’ve Learned

Growing up, I was the youngest kid on my mom’s side of the family and in my main family since I have only one older sister. I was also bullied in Elementary school because I was one of the few...