en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/3590448 Comments by MattBright1 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/10/voices-from-the-classroom-72/#IDComment222184530 I am and always have been a firm believer in innocent until proven guilty and giving people accused of a crime, no matter how serious it is, the right to properly go through the legal system and get their day in court. That being said, no matter what the legal process says about innocent until proven guilty, people will always be quick to judge someone being tried of a crime. As a human, you have to think that if someone has been charged with a crime, they must be guilty of something. It is absolutely human nature to assume that. The current case is no exception to this empirical fact. The extent of the crime committed, and the number of cases where this is apparently happens makes it extremely hard for anyone to think that Sandusky will be found innocent. Because of this, he is getting murdered in the press, regardless of what the final outcome may be. Where I have a huge problem with people not adhering to “innocent until proven guilty” is in a case where you don’t know all of the facts yet or only a portion of the story is made public knowledge. In cases like this, public opinion can very well shape the fate of the select individual. It’s not fair to that person in the least bit when conclusions are jumped to and decisions are made about them, before they have the time to properly defend themselves. I feel that the media is solely responsible by this in this specific case. I get that this is a huge story, I get that it happened at one of the biggest and most storied universities in the country, however the amount of media coverage this has gotten is over the top. Lets say in a month or so when Jerry Sandusky goes to trial, he is somehow found not guilty. The damage to his, Paterno’s, Spanier’s, Curley’s, Shultz’s and McQueary’s careers will all have been done all ready. The damage to the reputation of this University will already have been done. Is that fair to any of them? Absolutely not, and if you were accused of a crime you would want your day in court too. That being said, I have a feeling that none of these men are innocent, but at the same time they should at least be given the courtesy that every other American is given when it comes to the legal process. This example is of course one of the worse crimes that could ever be committed, and that is why it is so hard for people to actually believe in innocent until proven guilty, yet at the same time it is only right for everyone to be given the right to the legal process and how it truly operates. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:04:16 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/10/voices-from-the-classroom-72/#IDComment222184530 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/03/voices-from-the-classroom-66/#IDComment217095802 This weeks question about why Americans won’t do the hard labor that Mexicans are willing to do is one that I have been asking myself for a very large time. Americans as a whole have a very entitled attitude, and a feeling that we are better than everyone. This amazes and bewilders me because I am not sure where this attitude came from. Especially in an economic climate like we are in now, where jobs are very hard to come by, I am not sure why people aren’t willing to do anything and everything to make money to support their families. I know that working in a field picking fruit or doing manual labor isn’t the sexiest or most prestigious job in the world, but it is a job, which is way more than a lot of people can say they have now. I have always thought that any job is better than no job, and this is no exception. Now I am not necessarily saying that I would want to do these jobs, but I am currently in a position where I hope to get a job in a field much different from that of one which involves a lot of physical labor. However, there are vast majorities of people currently in this country that aren’t in my position, and there is really no excuse for why they don’t work. We saw an interview with a women living in the south in extreme poverty with her children. She openly states that she could easily have gone on welfare and collect unemployment, except she wants to work, she wants to prove something to herself and her kids about the value of having a work ethic, and I respect that from her. She knows that her life is pretty bad, but she is at least trying to make a name for her and teach her kids valuable life lessons. If more people in America had the same work ethic as her, I think that we would be in a far better economic situation then where we are now. When all of the craziness in the economy in 2008 was happening I remember asking my dad if he thought or was worried that he might get laid off. I can’t remember his definite answer, but I do remember him saying if he did he would have no problem working doing something outside because at the very least he would be outside and get into good shape. I will always remember that answer because he taught me to not think I am ever above a certain job or a specific line of work just because I will eventually have a college degree and hopefully one day work in a white collar atmosphere. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 02:00:25 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/03/voices-from-the-classroom-66/#IDComment217095802 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/03/voices-from-the-classroom-66/#IDComment217094880 This weeks question about why Americans won’t do the hard labor that Mexicans are willing to do is one that I have been asking myself for a very large time. Americans as a whole have a very entitled attitude, and a feeling that we are better than everyone. This amazes and bewilders me because I am not sure where this attitude came from. Especially in an economic climate like we are in now, where jobs are very hard to come by, I am not sure why people aren’t willing to do anything and everything to make money to support their families. I know that working in a field picking fruit or doing manual labor isn’t the sexiest or most prestigious job in the world, but it is a job, which is way more than a lot of people can say they have now. I have always thought that any job is better than no job, and this is no exception. Now I am not necessarily saying that I would want to do these jobs, but I am currently in a position where I hope to get a job in a field much different from that of one which involves a lot of physical labor. However, there are vast majorities of people currently in this country that aren’t in my position, and there is really no excuse for why they don’t work. We saw an interview with a women living in the south in extreme poverty with her children. She openly states that she could easily have gone on welfare and collect unemployment, except she wants to work, she wants to prove something to herself and her kids about the value of having a work ethic, and I respect that from her. She knows that her life is pretty bad, but she is at least trying to make a name for her and teach her kids valuable life lessons. If more people in America had the same work ethic as her, I think that we would be in a far better economic situation then where we are now. When all of the craziness in the economy in 2008 was happening I remember asking my dad if he thought or was worried that he might get laid off. I can’t remember his definite answer, but I do remember him saying if he did he would have no problem working doing something outside because at the very least he would be outside and get into good shape. I will always remember that answer because he taught me to not think I am ever above a certain job or a specific line of work just because I will eventually have a college degree and hopefully one day work in a white collar atmosphere. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:57:37 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/03/voices-from-the-classroom-66/#IDComment217094880 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/03/voices-from-the-classroom-66/#IDComment217094708 This weeks question about why Americans won’t do the hard labor that Mexicans are willing to do is one that I have been asking myself for a very large time. Americans as a whole have a very entitled attitude, and a feeling that we are better than everyone. This amazes and bewilders me because I am not sure where this attitude came from. Especially in an economic climate like we are in now, where jobs are very hard to come by, I am not sure why people aren’t willing to do anything and everything to make money to support their families. I know that working in a field picking fruit or doing manual labor isn’t the sexiest or most prestigious job in the world, but it is a job, which is way more than a lot of people can say they have now. I have always thought that any job is better than no job, and this is no exception. Now I am not necessarily saying that I would want to do these jobs, but I am currently in a position where I hope to get a job in a field much different from that of one which involves a lot of physical labor. However, there are vast majorities of people currently in this country that aren’t in my position, and there is really no excuse for why they don’t work. We saw an interview with a women living in the south in extreme poverty with her children. She openly states that she could easily have gone on welfare and collect unemployment, except she wants to work, she wants to prove something to herself and her kids about the value of having a work ethic, and I respect that from her. She knows that her life is pretty bad, but she is at least trying to make a name for her and teach her kids valuable life lessons. If more people in America had the same work ethic as her, I think that we would be in a far better economic situation then where we are now. When all of the craziness in the economy in 2008 was happening I remember asking my dad if he thought or was worried that he might get laid off. I can’t remember his definite answer, but I do remember him saying if he did he would have no problem working doing something outside because at the very least he would be outside and get into good shape. I will always remember that answer because he taught me to not think I am ever above a certain job or a specific line of work just because I will eventually have a college degree and hopefully one day work in a white collar atmosphere. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:57:06 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/11/03/voices-from-the-classroom-66/#IDComment217094708 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/26/arizona-senators-vote-to-allow-college-clubs-to-refuse-members/#IDComment213108410 I think that the creation, and passing of this piece of legislation is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t know law very well but it is hard to imagine that this could be deemed Constitutionally acceptable, which makes me wonder how the law got passed in the first place. Also it brings into the question the ethics and intelligence of the people that we have elected to run our country. If laws like this are created, who is to say some other, more ridiculous, law won’t be passed in a later date, which apparently is conceivable now that this has been passed. In a college setting, it is understood that students are trying to broaden their knowledge, both in the classroom and in life. At large universities, and especially Penn State, one of their selling points, one of the staples of the university and university life is that there are hundreds of ways to get involved in any number of different clubs, from book club to club sports. Many students often times come to college unsure of what they want to study, but that is really the least important thing of what they are unsure of. In many cases, students come to college unsure of who they are, they have yet to establish an identity for themselves. They join clubs of all different kinds to better understand things that they are either passionate about, or know nothing about, yet have an interest to learn more. Sometimes, people join clubs out of curiosity, maybe it’s a club that has an opposing view from theirs, but they want to join to learn more so that they are more knowledgeable about whatever topic they want. With this law, it would be impossible for these opportunities to happen, which is why I cannot see how it is plausible that these state senators thought it would be a good idea to pass this law. By doing this, they are directly blocking one of the main purposes that young kids go to college, which is why I think that this law is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t understand how someone who is paying college tuition, part of which goes into an activities fee that helps fund many clubs, can be turned away from a club that they want to join based on conflicting view points. In some cases, having these people in clubs such as those that deal with political parties, religion or other group sensitive causes could actually benefit from having these people apart of their discussions and meetings. I also don’t see how state funded universities can accept money from their government if they are openly discriminating against skin color, race, gender, sexual orientation and other defining factors. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:31:25 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/26/arizona-senators-vote-to-allow-college-clubs-to-refuse-members/#IDComment213108410 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/20/voices-from-the-classroom-51/#IDComment210649430 Where ever we look, especially at Penn State, it is obvious that in most cases the white kids hang out with other white kids, the black kids hang out with other black kids and the Asians hang out with other Asians. I feel like this is common across not only most college campuses, but also the world in general; for the most part, your friends are those people who are most like you. This gets me to the question of does hanging out with people primarily of a different race make you a poser? My answer to this question is a very straightforward no. The way I look at, and define the term poser, is someone trying to be something they are not. I am sure in some cases where people are primarily hanging out with people of other race, most notably Jamie Kennedy in “Malibu’s Most Wanted,” there are people who then would be considered “posers.” In my opinion, in the vast majority of the times where people are hanging out with other primarily of another race, it is because their backgrounds are very similar, and they have more in common with this group of people than many people can see because their skin colors are different. Think of it this way, if a white kid is growing up in a very urban area where the vast majority of the people in this area are black or Hispanic, it only makes sense that they would hang out with them as opposed to a group of rich white kids from the suburbs. The only thing they have in common with each other is skin color, and if that is the only thing that they can relate to each other on, then there is no way that they will ever be in the same social group. In that case, there is no way that we could consider the white kid from the urban area a “poser” because his/her friends have way more in common with each other than we could tell by just looking at skin color. I think that this is one of the main problems with society today. When people see someone of a certain race hanging out with people of a race different from their own, they see it as wrong or that somebody is trying to be someone they are not. I don’t understand why it hasn’t occurred to some people that sometimes people fit in better in other cultures, or that people have different backgrounds and relate better with people of different races. Or maybe even that some people just don’t care about race and genuinely enjoy being with whatever group they are with regardless of their skin color. Just because people don’t look the same doesn’t mean they aren’t the same. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:03:29 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/20/voices-from-the-classroom-51/#IDComment210649430 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/20/voices-from-the-classroom-51/#IDComment210648438 Where ever we look, especially at Penn State, it is obvious that in most cases the white kids hang out with other white kids, the black kids hang out with other black kids and the Asians hang out with other Asians. I feel like this is common across not only most college campuses, but also the world in general; for the most part, your friends are those people who are most like you. This gets me to the question of does hanging out with people primarily of a different race make you a poser? My answer to this question is a very straightforward no. The way I look at, and define the term poser, is someone trying to be something they are not. I am sure in some cases where people are primarily hanging out with people of other race, most notably Jamie Kennedy in “Malibu’s Most Wanted,” there are people who then would be considered “posers.” In my opinion, in the vast majority of the times where people are hanging out with other primarily of another race, it is because their backgrounds are very similar, and they have more in common with this group of people than many people can see because their skin colors are different. Think of it this way, if a white kid is growing up in a very urban area where the vast majority of the people in this area are black or Hispanic, it only makes sense that they would hang out with them as opposed to a group of rich white kids from the suburbs. The only thing they have in common with each other is skin color, and if that is the only thing that they can relate to each other on, then there is no way that they will ever be in the same social group. In that case, there is no way that we could consider the white kid from the urban area a “poser” because his/her friends have way more in common with each other than we could tell by just looking at skin color. I think that this is one of the main problems with society today. When people see someone of a certain race hanging out with people of a race different from their own, they see it as wrong or that somebody is trying to be someone they are not. I don’t understand why it hasn’t occurred to some people that sometimes people fit in better in other cultures, or that people have different backgrounds and relate better with people of different races. Or maybe even that some people just don’t care about race and genuinely enjoy being with whatever group they are with regardless of their skin color. Just because people don’t look the same doesn’t mean they aren’t the same. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:01:02 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/20/voices-from-the-classroom-51/#IDComment210648438 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/13/voices-from-the-classroom-44/#IDComment207685719 I am from a pretty multicultural area, so for me being around people of other ethnicities is nothing new. That being said, I was aware from a very young age that I was white and that I was in the majority. I have seen all different types of minorities be discriminated against and know that often times I will never see the same types of discrimination because I am a white person. I guess I do feel a sort of “white guilt” because of this, but I can’t say for certain if it really affects me as much as I think it affects other people. For me, I see race as just a thing. I really don’t care if someone is white, black, brown, purple or yellow, but I am aware that people are different, and there is a majority, and several minorities. I do know that being white I am in the majority and because of this I am never the victim of such discrimination. I can’t really say that I have been in a situation where I have felt white guilt afterwards, but I know that I probably will be one day. When this happens, I know that I will feel bad about it, and think if I really deserved whatever it is that I got. In all honesty, I probably wouldn’t do or say anything if something like that happened. I would be completely ok accepting it. I’m not sure if that is ok, but the way I see it is that you are who you are and any good or bad things that happen to you because of it should be accepted with a certain sense of appreciation. Its unfortunate that I might be given certain advantages because I am white, but I understand that it was the hand that I was dealt and I am just playing it. I can see where people would take offense to that statement, but I feel that although I maybe reaping the benefits from this prejudice, I don’t agree with it. I know that it is wrong. However if I am given a job one day over someone who is more qualified than me, and is in a minority, I am not going to reject the job because of it. I understand that it is hard being a minority in America, and while I wish that things would change, I don’t know if it will until generations like mine, where race really isn’t that big of a deal, are in charge and have the ability to erase all racial stigmas and stereotypes. I feel that in the future it wont be necessary for white people to feel ‘white guilt’ because all of these prejudices will have completely been erased. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:00:24 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/13/voices-from-the-classroom-44/#IDComment207685719 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/02/voices-from-the-classroom-27/#IDComment204427225 For this weeks response I chose to answer the question how would you feel if your child were gay. This is a very interesting predicament that I think all parents at least think about before they have children. My generation is far more open minded than the generations that have come before us, and more understanding and open to gay and lesbian relationships, but I’m not sure if it has changed all of our views on having gay children. For many people, when they envision their future family life, they only have their own to look at and aspire to have as well, which in almost everyone’s case, is a mom and a dad, 2.5 kids and a dog. While this is the idea of a “picture perfect” family and may seem a little bit corny, that is still what most people aspire to have, and I am no different. If my child did turn out to be gay, I would have no choice but to accept them and love them for who they are. However, it’s not something that I would wish upon them. Aside from all of the struggles and abuse that they would almost certainly encounter, it would be hard for me to relate to them. As a straight male, I have lived a certain way for my whole life and have loved every minute of it. My hope is that one day I will have a son or sons that I will be able to provide for in the same way that my father provided for me, and that they will be able to share some of the same experiences that I have had. Having a gay son or daughter, might hinder me and my future wife from being able to relate and share the same experiences that we had with our children. Also, I’m not exactly sure that gay and lesbian adults even want their kids to be gay. At first when you hear this, its almost a little bit shocking, but when you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. Gay men and women have been through a lot of abuse and traumatic experiences throughout their lives, and I’m not sure if they would want to push that onto their own kids. If gay men and women would prefer for their own kids to be straight, then there really wouldn’t be much of an argument for straight people to want anything different. I think that since our generation is so open minded, the majority of people wouldn’t mind if their kids are gay or lesbian, but it’s not something you hope for. Many people would still have a problem with it, but its getting to the point where it is becoming less and less of a problem and more of something that people view as acceptable. Fri, 7 Oct 2011 16:44:22 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/10/02/voices-from-the-classroom-27/#IDComment204427225 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/09/27/voices-from-the-classroom-25/#IDComment200962797 This week I chose to answer the question asking which kind of aid is the best for the United States to provide other countries. I find this question very interesting for a few reasons. There are areas inside of the United States that are deprived of some of the most basic human needs; water, shelter, and food. I feel that it is far more important to take care of people on our own home front before we go out and spend trillions of dollars in other countries. That being said, I do understand that there will always be people in our home country that need aid and deserve to get it and wont, but the amount of people that need aid in America today is appalling. I do think that foreign aid is very important, but so is domestic aid, and I think that sometimes we overlook that fact. In terms of international aid I equate that to being kind to and helping out your neighbor. Be it a small chore or a big one, you never know when you will need their help. For many of the countries that the United Stated is currently helping, we know that there is no way that they will ever be able to repay us within our lifetime, and that’s fine. But what I absolutely hate to hear and what continues to happen is when dictatorships swallow up all of the financial aid that we give their countries to benefit themselves. This, in my opinion, is an absolute waste of time and money. That we are giving American tax dollars to dictators to buy new cars and boats is one of the most ridiculous things that I have ever heard of. If America wants to give money as foreign aid, they should also send people with the money to ensure that it gets into the right hands. Sending money, and money alone, to foreign countries should not be a practice that we grow accustomed too. I believe that the best form of international aid we can give other countries is giving them materials they need to survive. Meaning, sending them raw materials to build houses, schools, churches, shops, etc., food, water clothing and any other basic human needs. I feel that this would be far more effective than sending them the money to buy these things, because sometimes these things are not available for purchase in especially poorer less developed countries. Some people may argue that this is hurting these countries because the local economies won’t grow by us just giving them everything. My argument would be that these local economies can only stand to gain from here on out if the proper infrastructure is in place for a long time to come. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:20:10 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/09/27/voices-from-the-classroom-25/#IDComment200962797 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/09/13/voices-from-the-classroom-9/#IDComment194216475 The prompt that I have chosen to answer is the one about how income affects SAT scores. This is a very intriguing question, and one that has been asked by many people, with no right answers. One of the biggest factors of income affecting SAT scores, I believe, is how parents from higher income families view college, and the education system as a whole, compared to how lower income families view the same things. For many higher income families, college has been something that has been expected of them when they were kids, so naturally taking the SAT’s, and doing well on them, has been something that has been apart of their lives for a very long time. When it comes time for their children to take the SAT’s it is second nature for them to assume that they will not only take the SAT’s and hopefully go to college, but will get high SAT scores and will go to a good college. With lower income families, this might not always be the case. If your parents never went to college, and you live in an area where going to college is an anomaly, then taking the SAT’s might not be that high of a priority, or something that is expected of you to do like in the higher income families. Another big argument is that with the different income levels, comes different school districts and different qualities of school. This also plays a huge, if not the biggest factor in different outcomes of SAT scores. If you hold everything but school quality equal, there will absolutely be a difference in SAT scores because there is such a gap in the quality of education that these students receive from when they start kindergarten. Regardless of economic standing, the quality of education that students receive has an enormous impact on SAT scores. Even though the SAT’s are supposed to be a test to assess students basic knowledge in select subjects, the quality of education that you receive in high school absolutely has an affect on how well you do in these basic tests. This reason though, is attributed to family income. Public school are funded by taxpayer dollars, and areas where there is more money, the schools are better. Whatever way you look at it, at the end of the day, it always comes back to money. Students are now even taking SAT prep classes, and in most cases, these classes cost a lot of money. Are the necessary? Probably not. But if students, and their parents, want to do as well as possible on this test, and are willing to pay for these classes, why not pay whatever it takes? Money is the key factor in almost everything in life, and that applies to performance on the SAT’s just as much as anything else. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:37:19 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/09/13/voices-from-the-classroom-9/#IDComment194216475 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/09/01/how-do-you-feel-about-interracial-dating/#IDComment191663962 The question that I chose to answer this week is “How do I feel about interracial dating.” In my opinion, and as corny as it sounds, love is blind. If you love someone, or even only if you like someone, there should be absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t be able to date him or her. In the times we live in now, where almost anything goes, if a couple wants to date, there should be absolutely no reason why they cant. If lady GaGa can dress the way she can, why can’t a white person date a black person, or an Asian person date a Hispanic person. I know from stories people have told me that interracial couples sometimes face a lot of scrutiny and criticism from people of their own race for being a “traitor” to their race. With some minorities, I can see where this resentment comes from. Some older people, who went through The Civil Rights movement, could never have imagined something such as interracial dating. With that, I believe comes a great pride in there race, and they don’t like to see their minority population becoming even smaller. Because of these reasons, I understand why some people in select minorities are not the most approving of interracial dating. But other than that, my generation and the generation before us should have no opposition to it. America is already known as the melting pot for our various mixtures of cultures, but now with interracial dating becoming more and more popular, more cultures are being intertwined. I am excited to see ten years from now after the children of interracial couples grow up, if there are new cultures and traditions that are a “hybrid” of many of the different cultures we have in America. Another huge reason why I support interracial dating is because the kids of these couples will be much more understanding towards other cultures. Coming from a family with interracial parents, the kids will probably be much more accepting and understanding of other minorities and other cultures. Its almost like they will have a leg up in cultural understanding because of the diverse background that they came from, and will be even more understanding of racial and social tolerance because of the negativity that they are sure to face. I feel that within the next ten or so years, interracial dating will be something that isn’t considered taboo. With the amount of people that are currently in interracial relationships, and the amount of coverage that it gets (celebrities, politicians) there is no reason for anyone to be surprised at all if they see an interracial couple. In fact, they should be happy and see it as a sign of progress in terms of race relations and equality, something that has been a long time coming. Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:16:09 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/09/01/how-do-you-feel-about-interracial-dating/#IDComment191663962 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/08/26/what-do-you-want-to-know-before-its-all-over/#IDComment189093653 Before the end of the semester I would love to learn about why people care about being from different races. Yes, we are all different and with peoples own individual race there are some cultural differences, but why then should that give us a reason to dislike someone for that? I guess I would like to understand why it is people care so much about other races and have a difficult time understanding and appreciating each person’s personal differences. We live in such a multicultural, diverse and open society today, so why must it be so hard for some people to accept and appreciate where people are coming from. Its hard for me to understand why some people can be so closed minded about accepting other people for who they are. I think this has to do with my upbringing and how many different cultures I was exposed to through out my childhood and high school years. The town where I am from was very racially and ethnically diverse, and currently over 50% of the school district is Asian, making me, a white male, a part of the minority. People always made jokes about how the town was being taken over by Asians, but I never really looked at it that way. Instead I found it as a way for me to learn about where my fellow classmates and friends came from and learn about new cultures that I had not previously been exposed to. I understand that not everyone came from as diverse of a background as I, and maybe coming to Penn State will give some people new attitudes about race and diversity, but I know there are some that will be completely against it. This baffles me. In a time where diversity is not only encouraged, it is accepted, some people still have views that are so one sided. I understand that some people just will never accept other races. Its unfortunate but I understand that it happens. What I can’t understand is why people feel the need to act hostile towards those they do not accept. Its like if you meet someone you just don’t like. You can choose not to ever see or talk to them again if you so please. Why then cant people have the same attitude towards other races. The old saying of “if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all” should apply here. If you don’t like someone for who they are, there’s no need to tell them that or to say something to them about it. So in conclusion, this semester I would like to learn more than anything why it is people will always have some problem with other races and if one day we can finally bridge the gap and be truly socially integrated. Fri, 2 Sep 2011 18:21:35 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/08/26/what-do-you-want-to-know-before-its-all-over/#IDComment189093653