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f <br />The Im ortance of Human Ri hts <br />"Hey are you Chinese?" <br />"Asian people are smart!" <br />"All the people with black hair go over here." <br />Margaret Lee <br />$th Grade <br />Roseville Area Middle School <br />Mr. Jeff Bibeau <br />2r�d Place <br />"What do you mear� yau cfon't believe Jesus died for our sins?" <br />Those are only a fe�v of [he stereatypical and discriminatory things that I have heard. These <br />ihings tend to violate peop[e's human rigE�ts and they are usually offer�sive. Huma« rights are rights you <br />are barn �vith and they can never be taken away. The three human righis that mean ihe most to me are <br />articles t«�o, 15, and 19 of tl�e lJniversal Declaration of Human Rights. They incitide, Freedarr� from <br />discriminatian, Ri�ht t.o a NaEionality and the Freedor� to Change it, and Freedorn of Belief and Reiigion. <br />Those human rights are the most important to me because they fii in the va9ues system my family instilled <br />in me. <br />Article Two of the Universal Declaration of Humar� Rights is the �'reedom from Discrirrtination. <br />This is very meaningful to me because almost a[1 my life, i have bee« the ethnic minority; at school, <br />sports and such activiiies. I v�ras born in Korea but 1 moved to the United States when I���as four years old. <br />When I was fittle I didn't kno�v anything about discrimina€ion or race and definitely not hate crimes. <br />Many people take discriminatia�� differentl}r. Societa] minorities are usually the victims of discrimination, <br />sa they take it more seriously and are more a���are of the hurt ihat it causes, Yet, peo�€e interpret <br />discrimination differently and that is something people should respect. A familial enco�nter �vith racial <br />discrimination is at �ny dad's previous job. He worked at a warehouse and there was the warehouse area <br />that was cement and then there was an office area with carpeted floor. The ��arehouse workers ca�led t��e <br />office workers "carpet people" and tf�ere .arere no people of color amo�g the "carpet peop�e" and ��o <br />Caucasian peaple arrtong the warehouse warkers. A fe�v times, my dad applied to �vork �vith the "carpet <br />