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My writing career began in my seventh grade Writing and Enrichment class when an inspirational teacher forced me to read a story aloud. I have been writing stories and poetry ever since I could remember. Although in that seventh grade classroom was the first time my writing was ever shared. Because of that day and that teacher, I am now a young and innovative writer who aspires to share my passion with the world through words.

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Society & Lifestyle > Racism Racism in America: 66 of 93

According to Miriam-Webster, racism is defined as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Yet in today's society, racism seems to be an accepted cop-out of ignorance backed up by a loop hole in the constitution; freedom of speech and the right to indifference. Racism has different justifications, depending on which generation explains it. I am third generation, a generation in which racism still actively exists but where it is more common to see and accept mixed couples, m...
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