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turn aro�and and refiise to help or talk ta someane because they are fat, nerdy, ar unpapiilar. I don't thir�k peopie realize that they are discriminaiin�; anyone. Maybe if someoile took the chance to get to know a"nerd" he would find out they h�.ve somethxng in common. Stereotyping, prejudice, and discriminatian aze all related to each ather. All three of thes� actions create a chain reae�ian of hatred and misunderstanding. If one person could stop stereotyping then less people would be discrzz�iX�ated and less peopie wou�d be labeled with unfair names like nerd or geek. By tak�ng a s�and to make a change, o�e individual can teach tl�rough positive examp�e hovv to show acceptance. I think the best way to combat these activities is ta simply stap. If sazzaeane stopped znaking negative generalizations for o��e week, and made the cansciou� effort to z�eet someone who tl�ey have always labeled, � feel surprisin� changes i� the ai�a.osphere wouid Yzappen. I tl�ink thafi people need to try harder to not always aci like sQmeone is picking a fig�t ar being aI1 sensitive a11 the time. If peop�e started to just s�ile at someo�e a��d not rudely giare. It's a lot harder to be prejudice to an individual when you're bein� nice to others or "killing thenr� with kindness". I learn a11 the time at school that it's vaxQng ta make fun of people because of their raee, Iooks, or how �hey talk. Even in the newspaper they have articles about haw sozneor�e was kiiled because they rVOre the calor blue and that's a ga�g color in the neighbprhood. If the people tha� killed others would use t�e negative ener�y to serve hw�a.an kind then our world would be a muc� safer and �ore beaut�fi�l place. It would be a place where would not look out an�y for our awn need but rather the needs of all. The Flniversal Declaration of Human Rights ereated by t1a.e United Nations, says "W�iereas disregard and cantempt for hutnan rights have resulied in barbaraus acts w�ich have outraged the consci�nce of �ankind, and the advent of a w�rld in uvhic� human beings shall enjay freedom of speech arzd belief and freedom frozn fear and want has been proclaimed as fihe highest aspiration oithe common peo�ale...". I think about Rosa �'arks who was jusi a tired black womari wha just wanted to home on the bus after a long day. Th'rs one woman's tiny voice that refi�sed to give up �ex s�at for one white mazi, ehaz�ged A�erica forev�r. She wanted freedom and to k�e equaL Her race and sex should have not �ade a difference. Her o��e voic� was the begina�ing of America's civil rights movement. She recently passed away and her cantribution to t�e Civil Rights is being honored at the White House in Washington D.C. If it only taak on� voice to siart �1ie Ci�il Rights moveme�t, then only oz�e voice should be able to begin ta end prejuc�zce, sterentyping, and discrimination. Anybody ean be thai voice. The Un4ted Na�ians just celebrated their 60t�' birthday. Zt star�ds for peace in a universal ianguage. Yts goal is to unify the human race and #o tear down the znisconceptions and m�istrust �at ha�e been developed over centuries. It serves as a remind�r that we, as the human race,' are all created equal and we are all one family.