: Standing up to Bullies

III. Setting a challenge for myself of doing the right thing

IV. Being brave is often easier than it seems

V. We each have the power to change the world at least a little - although this often requires changing ourselves.

It must be the case that nearly every one of us come up against a bigot at one time or another. We may say, as Americans, that we value our diverse culture, but when it comes right down to it all too few of us really mean this - or mean it unreservedly. Most of us like the world to be filled who are in fact rather like ourselves. Once we acknowledge this fact the world becomes populated by people who are intent on making other people conform to their own views. And while most of us may abhor such bigotry, few of us do anything about it. I myself was not a crusader on this issue until one day an incident occurred that made me

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