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The atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki were horrible events in history. However, there was a good reason behind them. By August 1945, Japan had lost the war (the war they started with a treaty-breaking sneak attack). Their resources and manpower were depleted, and their ally Germany had surrendered months before. However, they were unwilling to stop fighting, and U.S. lives were still being lost. It took those atomic bombings, a show of terrible force, to convince Japan to surrender,and bring an end to the war.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended a war that had brought suffering to many. Acts of terrorism are the opposite: they perpetuate and increase suffering.

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What kind of confusion are you afraid that your daughter will suffer? Let me tell you about my first bout with color confusion. I was five, and when I asked a little girl why she was being mean to me, she gave me a simple, candid answer: ‘Because I’m white, and you’re black.’ Until that day, I didn’t even know that people hated other people just because of their color. Not only was my heart broken; at that moment, I realized that everything I knew about life was wrong. That’s a heavy trip to lay on a five year-old boy. Even to this day, thinking about what that little girl said to me gives my heart a dull ache; although my heart healed long ago, the scar may be there for as long as I live. If you feel in your heart that you would be most comfortable dating only white men, then go ahead and follow your heart. As you are the product of a multi-ethnic union, I suppose that you are well-informed about the difficulties that can sometimes arise when someone falls in love with someone from a different background. But I do urge you to consider that there are more important criteria than color if you are looking for a companion. That he is a good man who is kind to you and your daughter– that is paramount. Everything else is just gravy. Confusion is not necessarily a bad thing for a small child; more often than not, for them confusion is simply a prelude to learning. Don’t underestimate your girl’s mind; little children understand a lot more than adults give them credit for. That’s what concerns me: is it possible that your decision to refuse to associate with certain people because of their color will be so well understood by her, that she becomes that little girl from my childhood? I hope that the idea of recreating that little girl is as unsettling to you as it is to me. I wish you the best, and I hope that you raise your daughter to love, and not to hate.

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My guess is that it is a matter of diction habits. I have noticed that in general, white people tend to speak more through their noses than black people, who more often tend to speak from the diaphragm.

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