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WILL YOU HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR TONIGHT?!?!?
I think we can all come away with something positive from this board if we choose to. For every negative, racist, thoughtless comment I read there is someone else trying to say something positive.

There are people who care enough that racism bothers them. People who know that there are admirable qualities in people from all races and walks of life. We are the types of people who hopefully will make the future a world with less racial tension.

Think of this. If you lived in a country of people who were exactly the same there would still be hate, competition, fear, etc. People would still fight and wage war. It is human nature. So racism will never die but hopefully more people can learn to judge a person by more than there color.

When we see a person who is stupid, or a criminal, or violent, or ugly, or making immature comments on yahoo lets just not judge their race or where they are from. Judge the individual.

Blacks, whites, hispanics, indians, asians, and anyone else all have mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and children. We all have problems. We all want the best in life.

We can only do our part as individuals.

There are white trolls and black trolls on this site and a lot of really terrible things being said. It isn't helping anything.

I know there are good people here who don't like reading posts like this. Please don't encourage these people.

I would like to discuss one scientific theory.

This theory states that life originated somewhere in africa or the middle east area. The first and earliest humans were of a dark complexion. As people spread out to other lands further in the north the lower levels of sun decreased the levels of melanin in the skin. This caused the tone of the skin to lighten over generations. Differences in terrain and diet also accounts for our physical differences.

It is theorized that if a group of the lightest people lived in a tropical climate for 1,000 generations their ancestors skin would slowly change from light to dark. And the opposite would be the same too dark skinned people would become light skinned.

Just something to think about next time you feel like spewing hate based on the color of ones skin.

Racism is taught to us. And it spreads like a virus. You can see it right here on YA. Back and forth a constant bickering.

The US has a history that we can't change. We have come a long way but we still have a long way to go as far as racial tension is concerned.

There are countries and people with less devastating histories than the US who have been at odds with each other for a long time , even where race is not a factor.

I think we all have our differences in culture, upbringing, our names, music, foods, the way we talk, etc. These things become associated with certain groups. Then we don't understand certain things about each other and rather than try and learn we dismiss what we don't understand.

We make fun of it, or were scared of it, it is hard to truly face and embrace diversity.

But I think more and more people are realizing there is hope and beauty in all of the different cultures.

You can only control your thoughts and actions and hopefully more people make positive gestures toward each other than negative ones. Slowly the scars of racism will heal over.

One thing I would like to mention. There are no words to describe how horrible slavery or was. It has happened all over the world in many countries. Most white americans came here as immigrants from europe in the late 1800's and early 1900's. They were fleeing oppression, war, and poverty. We are not the ancestors of the scum involved in the slave trade. I hope those who still feel the pain of US slavery can understand that.

I hope no one is offended by what I say.

I am constantly trying to be a better person and not judge others. I hope we can all do this more in the New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

ONE LOVE!!!

The question is what do you think?