STEPHANIE MICHELLE MAX
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BLEU CHEESE

FROM ITS NAME TO ITS TASTE, BLEU CHEESE DRESSING IS HIGHLY STRANGE.
MANY PEOPLE WONDER WHY 'BLEU' IS SPELLED IN A WEIRD WAY. IT APPREARS
AS IF THE LETTERS ARE MIXED UP. THE TRUTH IS IT'S NOT ENGLISH. IT'S A
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, BUT IT MEANS THE SAME THING: BLEU CHEESE DRESSING IS
MADE OF BLEU CHEESE. IT IS BLUE BECAUSE OF MOLD. OFTEN, THERE IS DISCOURSE
OVER WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS GROSS. SOME PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO EAT MOLD,
WHILE OTHERS DO. WILL IT MAKE SOME ONE SICK? MAYBE. BUT SO MANY THINGS
TODAY CAN MAKE A PERSON SICK: WAR, POVERTY, DRUGS, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
A GOOD LESSON TO LEARN FROM BLEU CHEESE IS TO BE OPEN-MINDED. TOGETHER WE
CAN END RACISM.