Wednesday, February 15, 2012

racism in america

There are white people who are trying to be seen as not racist, but we cannot be 100% in on the idea that everyone is equal because people have preferences, I would prefer to be in a room full of white people, not because I don’t like black people, but because I would prefer it.  If I was in a room filled with people of different races and ethnicities I would definitely be uncomfortable, but i would not think less of anyone in the room.  If you see a Muslim person flying on the same plane as you in full orthodox dress chances are that he is a religious, law abiding, and moral person, but people profile as a way of surviving.  If the person is uncomfortable with the idea of a man in a turban sitting next to them on a plane they may not go on the plane and in the slight chances that something happens then they would be better off.  We all profile people, we cannot help it to categorize people into certain stereotypes, black is black, white is white, a suspicious looking person is a suspicious looking person (if a person looks creepy chances are the person is creepy, but the person could be the nicest, most friendly person you will ever meet).   One of the articles is about trying not to raise racist children.  The article states that parents (white parents) try to teach their kids to not judge people because “everyone is equal” and “ under the skin, we’re all the same”  but isn’t that the problem, the skin. As much as people try to think that they are not racist and try to teach their children the everyone is equal in every way, they aren’t and their kids who grow up thinking that everyone is equal find out that they are not all equal because some will always be more equal than others.  While it is true that it should be what is on the inside that counts we cannot help but see the outside.  Questions on almost every application ask what is your race or ethnicity, not are you a nice person on the inside.  It is not fair but people need to grow up knowing that things are not fear in order to be educated on certain topics.  The article titled “whites in US edge towards minority status” says that by 2050 the “minorities” are going to go on to become the majority.  This surprises me but not really.  What during the times when white people become a minority, what would happen?  Would the white race be segregated and discriminated against because of how we, as a race (not as an individual person), have treated almost every other minority race or ethnicity?

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