I viewed portions of the preview to the Million Man March, and some of the speeches at the Million Man March itself. I very strongly support the Million Man March in its call for African-American men to take responsibility for their actions, but there was also a lot of negativity proposed at the march.

One negative aspect of the march is that it promoted unity for African-Americans only. Also, many of the speakers at the march, including Louis Farrakhan, spoke clearly anti-European-American ideals. I think that any race-specific comment, group, or march, no matter how positive, is racist and not a good thing.

I also viewed a speech by an African-American leader last Spring during Black History Month, and it depressed me. The speaker stated that African-Americans are at war against European-Americans. This person’s message was not motivated by leadership and vision, but hatred. I challenge people of all races to at least realize that hatred will solve nothing. For racism to decrease significantly, Americans of all races must unite together, not just African-Americans

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Junior, college of education