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C rils �CA LOW kso <br />When I choose a friend,, I look for someone with an interesting personality, someone <br />o likes sports, a p erson whom I can trust and talk to. Just by looking at a person I couldn't <br />possibly dete rmine what they are like. I have to talk to them, get to know then a little to find <br />out t ire <br />and dislikes, es, their interests. Only knowing their nationality will not tell me this <br />information. <br />If my p <br />friend made an unacceptable racial remark, I'd tell him that his remark was rude. <br />I'd say that <br />his comment was rnean and if e was called names like this he Nvould not like it.. I <br />don't thin- he should judge someone by their nationality <br />One, f the problems <br />with making racial remarks is that the person speaking is often <br />stereotyping p o p <br />people Some l with. a nationality may acre some characteristics of th. <br />s tereotype, <br />b ut others do not and v ery few people it if any at all, have all. the characteristics! <br />Whi le it' true that in our country everyone h as fre edom of sp along with this <br />free corn s re The Universal Declaration of Hurnan Rights, written by the <br />p <br />re <br />U and. the Bill of R hts, authored by the United. States of America, both list <br />n�.ted Nations, <br />some of hes <br />e resp onsibilities. The Universal Declaration tells us in its first article, that all il <br />h uma n s are <br />born free and equal in dignity and rights: Racial slurs take away a person's <br />dig They also lead to negative thoughts and feelings towards a rationality. <br />wo a speaks can create a positive atmosphere where all nationalities are <br />The p erson <br />accepted or can. <br />e rect barriers which block integration. If I can make my fn*end stop and think <br />a bout the effects his harsh words could have, maybe I c an help make our community a more <br />accepting place to live. <br />