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I believe the best way to improve race relations in America is to teach and encourage humility in children's lives and as adults. I find that many people are intolerant to not only cultural differences from their peers but also economic differences like whether or not a person is a middle-class citizen. Most Americans will say they don’t care what class a person is considered to be in as long as they are trying and contributing their share of work and they also don’t care that a person may dress or eat differently than they do as long as they are able to make sense of it. The problem with both of these situations is that they all come back to the initial person that is making a judgment based off of their views when it does not matter what

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