An idea that has bothered me in the last week is the fact that some of the students on this campus do not accept all of the races and ethnicities that w have at this school. As you all know, we have a very culturally diverse campus including over 5,000 foreign exchanged students. There have been a few instances in which I have been walking with my friends in campus and we would pass a group of minorities. One of my friends would make a racial slur against the group and most of my friends would laugh at it. It just doesn't really make any sense to me. They make look a little bit different than me but that doesn't mean that they are bad people. In fact, I have liked every single person from a different race or ethnicity that I have met here.
The main reason I think they are prejudice against these people is the surroundings they grew up in. The people I hang out with on campus are from a very high end area with few minorities. I think that they have lived their entire lives without knowing any minorities so they have grown up their wholes making jokes about them. I grew up in a fairly culturally diverse area. I have gotten to know many minorities and have learned from experience that they are really no different them me. So, to conclude, I think that everyone should get to know someone before they jump to criticizing them.
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