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The owner also told Nidhi that rednecks that do not like other races may drive by and yell inappropriate things. She said that was the only true time that she felt unsafe and uncomfortable. Nidhi moved on from Michigan State University and put the experiences of discrimination that she spoke of behind her. After completing med school in Antigua, Nidhi is currently at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute in Baltimore, MD performing clinical research. Nidhi explained to me in our conversation of how openly welcome she feels at Johns Hopkins and the city of Baltimore itself being a minority. Nidhi told me that she doesn’t feel like a minority at Johns Hopkins and Baltimore because of the great diversity in both places. Nidhi explained to me that the entire DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) area is a huge melting pot of international scholars with Johns Hopkins, NIH, and Washington D.C. politics. Nidhi praised Johns Hopkins on their …show more content…
Earlier in this paper I asked the question, do you feel that racism will ever be a thing of the past? I feel sad when I ask that, because racism will always exist in man-kinds existence because racism is still being taught in some homes. As Nidhi stated to me that racism is something that is taught and not inherited in us. If a child or young adult is learning what it is to hate or discriminate on another person because of the color of their skin or the religious beliefs that they believe, there is a chance that the child will pass it on as an adult in the same way. That constant turnover of racism through ancestors will keep the plague of racism alive. The world is getting better at trying to educate people on the importance of being open to others and help create diversity worldwide, but it is a hard uphill battle most

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