Hate is such a very strong sentiment. It takes a lot of passion and a lot of energy to hate something, not to mention the energy it takes to hate someone! I chose this picture because it is actually an image I used in a National History Day performance I did in high school (nerdy, I know but I loved it!) in which I portrayed both of the main girls in the photo - Elizabeth Eckford, one of the "Little Rock Nine" and Hazel Bryant, the girl shouting at her. I remember the emotion the photo evoked in the very depths of my soul when I first saw it. To this day, it makes me cringe. If there is something that I hate with complete passion and complete energy, it's racism. It's a dirty dirty word, in my book, and one of the most unattractive traits anyone can have. And if there's one thing I can instill in my son, it's that he see no color, and likes (or dislikes for that matter) based purely on merit - or lack thereof. I could write a book with the passion I have against racism. It's not cute or funny... in fact, it's a disgusting, ugly plague on a personality. Period.
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