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__**AGAINST SEGREGATED SCHOOLS:**__ Back in History, blacks were seperated from whites, they weren't allowed to ride the bus together, or drink from the same fountain. Things like this in the modern time are coming back, but less powerful and more open to other segregations. For example there are some gay and straight schools, religious schools, and gender specified schools. When we learn our education in school, we take things that surrond us and put it into our brains. If i was in a straight school, i would have no respect for gays, they would be 'different' and not supposed to be around me. I would look around and see a sea of white, not a colour in sight and that is how i would see the world. They are 'different' i am not.

There are bullying reasons, but also you might not think this but it can absolutely INCREASE the bullying that is happening. Different, is something a lot of people think about, "am i different?" "Is it okay to be myself, or do i have to change to be accepted?", not being open to different will cause it's meaning to increase to every coloured person, everyone that is not white, or straight is different. Although being in a mixed school, blacks, whites, yellows, blues, oranges, straights, gays, bisexual's, girls and boys will open your eyes to let you see that it is alright to be different, because we are all human. Bullys tend to be insecure or have a problem at home to make their attitude be like it is, when they think they are the ones that aren't different and YOU are, YOU are an automatic target.

"Well, it seems that Canadian educators want to go back in time — and reverse psychology is at play." a quote said by Iggy Ann, and it is the truest quote when it comes to Toronto schools. So WHY, do we as Canadians feel that it's neccesary to bring up the mistake of the past, rewind and play it over again? We knew it was wrong, and the second time around does NOT make it right. They teach us History in public school, high school and university to show us the mistakes and the good things we did so we can either do it again, or avoid the issue so it doesn't get brought up again.

Stop the racisim, stop the sexisim, and stop the homophobia. Insecurity CAUSES all the mean sayings, all the mean jokes, and all the mean looks. Stop making fun of peoples religion. Stop making fun of the person that can't eat beef, or the person that can't eat pork because of his or her's religion. If you could walk in there shoes, would YOU make fun of them after? Getting to know a person, or a unique person is hard when your in different situations, and schools eventually. So WHITES will know how WHITES eat, drink, sleep, BLACKS will know how BLACKS eat, drink and sleep. Christians will know Christians ways of living, Hindus will know Hindus way of living. Girls will know about girls, boys will know about boys. So really, how could you expect us to care, to show some respect, or to even TALK to someone that is a different colour, religion, gender or sexuality? You and I both know that mixed schools will prevent racisim, sexisim and homophobia from happening 24/7.

"What happened to living peacefully together among all the other races?" this is all just plain //scary,// thinking that people can't handle HUMANS treating eachother like HUMANS. We are all one world, one earth, we all live together, so why can't we get along? Having segregated schools just shows us how scared people can be of a fruit loop living in a world of cheerios. It increases bullying, brings up our mistakes of the past, and shows us that we can't handle living with unique people, but it's just what we need. Come together and stop segregated schools.