Many people may not have heard about the White supremacist attack on the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., that happened June 10. It’s a shame to me that people in the United States still feel the need to be violent against people of other races. I just don’t understand.

Personally, I would never, no matter what, attack someone because of their beliefs, race, gender, or sexual orientation. It’s petty and unfortunate that when someone is different, they get punished because of it. No one should have to go through that, no matter what. No matter how different her or she may be. It makes me think.

What if the anti-Semitics who attacked the museum had been in the place of the Jews they ultimately dishonored. How would they feel if someone attacked a commemoration to their family and people. Chances are they wouldn’t be happy.

While some people may view the fact that it was an 88-year-old man who committed this crime as a recognition that the Holocaust is so far in our past and doesn’t need to be remembered or honored, they are wrong. This old man may have been stuck in his ways and his beliefs, but this just shows that attention should still be given to the tragedies of our past.

Hopefully in the future, something this shocking won’t have to happen. Our school systems need to take the initiative to educate their students, to try to extinguish all prejudices and bias from their hearts and minds. The sooner younger children are taught to accept, not disregard, different people, the sooner our society, and ultimately our world can begin to change for the better.