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Teague Bogenhold, Honorable Mention Grade 8, Gary SchwinglelJeff Bibeau Roseville Area Middle School Human Rights EssaX Right now the `perfect society" doesn't exist, but 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 family's economic status to determine how educated you are, and brainwashing people into thinking that everyone must be a perfect "Barbie doll," are ways that our society is demolishin g and taking advantage- of our human rights. Putting all races behind white only makes people of color more conscious of being g differ ent from the others. The only way to stop it is by reminding ourselves that all are created equal. The first article of the Universal Declaration of I Turman RiThts,, states; `everyone has the right to equality and are to be treated in the same way." The second article states that "everyone is free from any discrimination." On my way out to dinner with my family, I noticed that the police had pulled over an .African American 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 m our society are treated like how often racism occurs everyday. How well you do in school cannot be measured by how much money you have but by how hard you're willing to work, According to the Minnesota Human Ri hts Act, one should receive the necessary education without 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. Y 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 Bill of