Went to Nellie’s Intermediate school last night to pick her up after a drama

program. Waiting in the school lobby, I found myself browsing a large board

promoting tolerance and diversity.

The display consisted of pictures of staff members. Each picture had a

question printed on paper & pinned to the picture. Underneath, on a

different-colored paper, was the staff member’s reply to the question. Both

question and reply were printed, I guess from a school computer. I jotted

down the following. I have preserved spelling precisely.

—How can we help teach people that racism is not right?

—By excepting [sic] people for who they are.

—What does prejudice mean to you?

—When you discriminate agaist [sic] someone for being different than [sic]

you.

—What does prejudice mean to you?

—Prejudice is a terrible thing. It seperates [sic] all the beautiful

people that should be sharing ideas and gifts.