Certain events in this story are true. However, the main character's name is actually Peter, my cousin who is half norweigen, and half thai. Peter once moved to the U.S. to go to school there and learn english. Like me, he lived in New York. Back in Norway, there wasn't much racism going on, at least not between him and the people he knew, but then again, their culture isn't as diverse as the U.S. He got tired of being called "you smart asian" or even "you whitey" sometimes. Of course he made friends, but he got tired of hearing racist jokes so he decided to move back to Norway and had his parents hire a british teacher to teach him english. The thing I've always wondered during the process of writing this story is what would happen if Peter did what Mario did in this book. Everything is not easy as the seems, so who knows what might have happened.
In the real world, one will think the other is racist, and the other will think the same about that one. Nondiscrimination laws should be applied equally among all citizens, including those who happened to be white (Webb). Nowadays, it's not just white discriminating againts black, but also the other way around. I've seen it with my own eyes.
The People of the U.S are living in a diverse world. We need to learn how to accept each other for who they are, and not just race. We work in an ethnically diverse department and in ethnically diverse comminitie, and officers who aren't comfortable with that aren't going to make it (Dutta). Appearently, things aren't going to function correctly if people don't work together.
I've seen racism everywhere. Sometimes I don't like it, sometimes I don't mind it, and sometimes I'm the racist one. I don't like it, but I grew up around these things. Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I didn't act a certain way. Racism may or may not end. Fairness will happen and bitterness will fade away (Webb).
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