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Informative Speech About Racism

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I hear the triumphant cries from my fellow protesters beside me. I call for everyone’s attention as I try to cease the rowdy crowd. “All of us gathered here today demand equality for all people of all races. We stand before the White House to call for the end of police brutality. We peacefully protest here, expecting answers from the President. However, we will not stoop down to the level of those before us and prove to bigots that we are violent people. We are better than that. We will achieve the goals of our ancestors through peaceful protests, and we will fight back against our President. We can fight back by demanding to know why he suppresses the voices of our fellow colored brothers and sisters, why he silences their protests. In order to be heard over the booming voices of the privileged, …show more content…

We will overcome the obstacles placed by the descendants of those who mistreated our ancestors. We will continue to fight to terminate racism and to abolish hatred of another person due to their appearance or identity. Bless God for giving all of us the chance to stand here today and practice our freedom of speech. Thank you!” The crowd roars before me, and it feels good knowing that there are other people who want to change America. These people remind me of the bright-eyed protesters from the 60’s who fought their entire lives for African-Americans’ civil rights. Here I am, almost 50 years later, fighting again for not civil rights, but for equality and equal treatment. Our country has changed a lot since the 1960’s, but we still have a ways to go before we can call ourselves equal. We still have to fight for the end of prejudice and hatred, and we will do that through love. America is just the start, because other, third-world countries are fighting too. One day, Earth will be equal, and all of God’s creations can live peacefully and in harmony, and animosity towards any human being will cease to

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