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<h1>“A Break from Racism”: Eighth-Grader Discusses Her Winning Essay</h1>
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<p>YES! Media&rsquo;s Bailey Williams interviews Rhys Hardiman-Mostow, an eighth-grade student at Lake Washington Girls Middle School in Seattle, Washington. Hardiman-Mostow wrote an essay in response to the online YES! Magazine article, &ldquo;<a href="/happiness/5-things-that-aren-t-things-to-put-on-your-christmas-list" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Less Stuff, More Heart: 5 Gifts On a New Dad&rsquo;s Christmas List</a>,&rdquo; by Christopher Zumski Finke. If she could ask for one non-material gift it would be a <a href="/for-teachers/writing-competition-essays/winter-2018-student-writing-competition-winners/winter-2018-less-stuff-more-heart-powerful-voice-winner-rhys-hardiman-mostow" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">break from racism</a>. She talks about the racism she&rsquo;s faced, her hope for the future, and why adults need to uplift young voices.&nbsp;</p>&#13;
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<p>This article originally appeared in <a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org">Yes! Magazine</a> at <a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/yes-on-air/2018/05/24/a-break-from-racism">https://www.yesmagazine.org/yes-on-air/2018/05/24/a-break-from-racism</a>.</p><link href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/yes-on-air/2018/05/24/a-break-from-racism" rel="canonical"/><p>Yes! Magazine is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of ... . Learn more at <a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org">Yes! Magazine</a></p><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.yesmagazine.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=13079&ga4=G-74QJNNY44Z" style="width:1px;height:1px;">
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