A hope for the end of bigotry.

I couldn't imagine what it is like to be black. The hardship must be hard to bear. I have a rough time being poor and relatively uneducated. To have all this and be black would be far too much for me. Today forty some odd years after the civil rights movements, we still have racial discrimination in hiring. So just being black would make it rather difficult for a person to get a job anywhere. I'd don't think that minorities have the same fair shake that we do. They get discriminated against when trying to get an apartment.It's still happening today. We have made vast improvements, but I believe that we are regressing a little bit. There is a lot more to be done. We need to outshine all the deepest hatred with love. I regret that sometimes I have prejudices. I pray every day about this. I wish that I did not hate people. "Oh God have mercy on our bigotry," I pray. Why can't we start and forget every wrong that a person does to us, whether they're black or white. We need to have love in our hearts for everyone if we are to be forgiven by God. God does not forgive anything if there is no love in our hearts. He doesn't even hear our prayers. We might as well be talking to the moon if our hearts are filled with racism. I am happy for the blacks and their first president. May he do a lot of healing to our country. America needs it. What if one day,you end up living in an all black neighborhood when you are dying, and there is only hatred to be offered. You will go without help when you need it most. Hatred will one day, full on wreck this country if we continue in this manner. I believe that political correctness eventually breeds bigotry. So, we need to be careful that we are not too gentle or to mean or we will sound racist. God bless America and let us strive for peace and unity that pleases our god. Today is a day of hope for our people that every race may get the respect they deserve. Who would ever think that we would see the day? May God bless Barak Obama and us all.

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