From The Freedom Riders To Racism

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Your post made a really good point that the Freedom Riders were the ones who stood up to racism and started a movement and I totally agree with you. I was so surprised that how badly people treat these Freedom Riders. I think racism is a very serious problem today. We always saw some news about people treat black people or Asian differently, especially form police offices. We all from the same world, and live in the same plant, so I think we really need to respect people and should not judge them only by their skin colors and religions.

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