"Violence is an inappropriate respond to racism" Do you agree?

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“Violence is an inappropriate respond to racism” Do you agree?

        I agree to this quote as I am a Christian and I believe in God and in the teachings of Jesus. The bible condemns racism, as all Christians and Catholics know that everyone should be treated equally as God accepts everyone into the kingdom of God as long as they repent but some people cannot accept this and still respond to racism by using violence.

        I would not use violence if someone started harassing me, I would just try and ignore them the best that I could as people that are racist are just looking for trouble. “Two wrongs do not make a right” this quote is true, if someone does something bad or calls names to another person it is best to ignore it, people should not want vengeance as in the bible it says ‘love your neighbour as you would yourself’. I asked two people this question: “How would you react or do if someone started calling you names or being racist towards you?”

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Response 1: “I would answer them back rudely, depending on the mood I was in”

Response 2: “I would just ignore them as they are usually the type of people who have problems, but I wouldn’t mind saying something to make them stop harassing people from other ethnics”

        I believe the second person is correct; people who act with violence sometimes just make matters worse than they already are. There are also other ways to act against racism such as the Christian Martin Luther King who acted with peace treaties instead of violence to solve the problems ...

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