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Participate in a diversity program. |
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Plan a reconciliation service |
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Take a conversation course in another language spoken in
your community. |
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Visit the Southern Poverty Law Center’s web site:
www.splcenter.org.
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Show distaste for ethnic and racial “jokes”.
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Assess the cultural diversity of art in your community.
Add something new. |
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Bookmark some diversity web sites on your computer. |
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Hold a diversity potluck and ask participants to bring dishes
representing their cultural heritage. |
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Take the Implicit Associations Test
(http://depts.washington.edu/iat/index.html)
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Write a letter to your local newspaper highlighting a story
of cooperation or tolerance. |
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Encourage local law enforcement to establish a diversity
training program for all officers. |
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Request a free copy of Ten Ways to Fight Racism from SPLC,
400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104. |
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Thank God for the gift of diversity. |
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Include racial tolerance and understanding in your petitions
for Prayers of the Faithful at Mass. |
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Open a door, literally or figuratively, for someone of another
race. |
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Smile and say Hello to a passer-by of another race. |
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List all the things you love most about your ethnic heritage.
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Support the rights of others to love their cultural heritages
as much as you love yours. |
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Try to imagine a world without diversity. |
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List the ways in which you have felt enriched by contact
with other cultures. |
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Study the history of intolerant nations in the Twentieth
Century. |
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Discuss some of the consequences of intolerance. |
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