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This should be taught in EWRT 1B because to this day, students in college are afraid to take pride in their ethnicity or to show their sexuality in fear of being judged. Many students in society often get bullied because of their race. Reality shows that even some companies hire/terminate employees based on race, even when they are not allowed to discriminate. One of my friend’s old workplace fired several workers. The reasons behind the work terminations are not too certain, but the workers had one thing in common, they were asian. The work terminations may have shown some discrimination in the work force. Following up on showing one’s sexuality in fear of being judged, plenty of my friends do not come out until mid 20’s. They are usually

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