Percy Julian Middle School, Oak Park, Illinois USA

What causes hatred to one group of people? Being different. Being different or unique can come as a threat to the close minded individuals that want everything the same. Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, handicapped, Jehovah's Witnesses, communists, socialists, these are all victims of one thing, being different. Hatred is still here today, and it always will be. Hatred will always be here because there is always going to be that person who is different, and there is always going to be that person that doesn't like different. Hatred for those who are different is an unsalvageable and devastating idea, and people are going to have to learn it's impossible to prevent, but it's possible to control.

Zach W.

There are many places that need help to prevent genocide today. Africa is one of them. In Africa there is tribal warfare going on. The kids are snatched up to fight and kill other tribes. The women are raped and the men are killed. The children are taken to become soldiers.

Alex B.

There is a war in Darfur right now; genocide just like in World War 2. We want to know why. Slaughtering thousands of people dead, but for what? Fame? Fortune? We need to prevent genocide. There was genocide in Rowanda, and who knows where it will happen next.

Ethan (grammar corrected)

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