Examples Of Racial Discrimination In Longtown

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Back in the day when there was segregation and racial discrimination, America was going against its Declaration Of Independence statement “All men are created equal” statement and there was lynching and racial abuse going on everywhere, especially in the South except for one town in Ohio whose races were diverse freely for nearly 200 years. Longtown has been a racially diverse town and people should apply their non racist ways to Riverside and also worldwide. An article published by the Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff, “Ohio town holds rare history: Races mix freely for nearly 200 years” explores how Longtown has be unsegregated for so long. According to the Washington Post, the descendant of the founder of Longtown explains everything about Longtown and how it was so racially diverse. …show more content…
America has even become not only discriminating against other races, but also other religions like Islam. Ever since the San Bernardino massacre, people have been cautious and unfair to other Muslims who have done nothing. People like Donald Trump and others want to deport everybody who is foreign. He also has started to dislike Muslims a whole lot. It seems like he doesn’t care if you are an extremist or not, he will want to deport them. To conclude this, Longtown has been a racially diverse town with no segregation or discrimination. If America wants every man and woman to be created equal, we need to learn from

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