Summary: The Problem Of Discrimantation

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This Problem of Discrimantation is faced across the U.S each day from mental illness to gender to race. If you were gunned down for no reason laughed at ,labeled or sterotyped would you like it?Would you let it countine or help? Many more discrimantation cases have been found in the U.S not gulity.I believe all cases of this Significance should be reopened and looked over with our new found reasoning and laws if possible. Discrimantation can be identified as matter of color,gender,or mental illness.Lnadon K. a 6yr old was a first grader in mississippi when assistant princpal gave an "approved" punishment:striking the child on his bottom with an inch thick paddle.Terrified,causing the child to lose control.Landon was so upset he had to be sedated

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