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Teague Bogenhold, Honorable Mention Grade 8, Gary SchwinglelJeff Bibeau Roseville Area Middle School �-iuman PZi�;hts EssaX I�ight now the "perfect society" doesn't exist, bui with some simple and little improvements we can get closer to that mark everyday. Portraying certain races in a negative way, the way others use your farnily's economic status to determine how educated you are, and brainwashing people into thinking that everyone must be a perfect "�arbie doll," are ways that our society is demolishing and taking advantage of our human rights. Putting a11 races behind white only makes people of color more conscious of being different from the others. The only way to stop it is by reminding ourselves that all are created equal. The first article of the Universal I)eclaration of I�uman Ri h�ta states; "everyone has the right to equality and are to be treaied in the same way." 'I'he second article states that "everyone is free from any discrianination." On my way out ta dinner with my family, I noticed that the police had pulled over an African 1-�tnerican man but I didn't really think much of it until I noticed on our way back that they had pulled over another African American man. That made me think about how unfairly some races in our society are treated, like how often racism occurs everyday. I�ow well you do in school cannot be measured by how much rnoney you have but by how hard you're willing to work. According to the Nllinnesota �-Iuman Ri htg s Act, one should receive the necessary education witllout knowing your economic status. Although some have more money, that does not mean that the wealthier individuals are smarter than lower income individuals. Even in my school, this situation is true, with a poor boy being immensely smarter than a very privledged boy. Finally, the "perfect image" is destroying our society by lifting some over others and making people believe if they're not up to that "flawless" standard than they are not good enough. The �ill of