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Unfortunately, racial slurs are remain a problem to this day. Of course, we have come a very long way from the early 1900’s, when America was separating blacks and whites. This segregation tore America apart with riots and killings. But finally, it call came to an end with credit to martin Luther King, the Freedom Riders, and many other brave souls. It is an amazing sight to see a classroom full of many mixed races, all content with one another, and no animosity between different races of students. We must learn from the mistakes we have made not only in this incident, but past ones as well. Racial slurs should be something from the past and not in our present or future. The Washington Redskins is a football team who have carried that name
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