Understanding Racism

Racism is obviously a big deal in this country. It seems that now days people are worried about skin color more than the wars that we have going on. I personaly am fed up with hearing, "its cause your white." Same with the other way around. There is a lot of segregation in our communities today. If you think about it, what is the majority race of people that live in the hood. Then what is the majority of people that live in mansions on the country side. This is what I mean when I say we are to worried about skin color. Every race has their own stereotypes and each one can hurt the feelings of the other. The African Americans have the stereotype of being wild and rude, while caucasions have the rep. of being smart, clean, or the occasional saying of the word cracker. I never understood that and I probably never will. Anything that I say in this blog is not meant to offend anyone I am just saying it how it is.

Many of times we stereotype from what we hear from others. It seems to be the thing now days and it is tearing a lot of communities up. If you look at the neighborhoods that the majority of African Americans live in, it is usually in the city living in the projects. I don't feel that African Americans mind this because they are always repping which hood they are from. This is why most people joke around about throwing their hood up. The city life is usually full of gangs, crimes, weapons, and drugs. If you are going to be around it since your first day alive then most chances are you will be influenced to do those things. Hatred among different races will NEVER go away because it's not like eithier side will let go of the past. It is always going to be in society and it will never be under control. Some of my good friends are of a different race and they don't mind me joking with them about certain things that would otherwise tick them off if I didn't know them.

Living in a racist society will not help to mitigate the chances of future race wars. Instead it will make things worse than they already are. In the article, Defining Racism it states,"Racism is like smog in the air. Sometimes it is so thick it is visible, other times it is less apparent, but always, day in and day out we breathe it in." Prjudice is part of our society and we cannot help that. It has been one of those things that we have always been around that will not alter what we believe in. There is a god quote in the text that states, we teach what we are taught. I believe in this 100%. I understand that people may change, however the majority of people that are around such hatefull things will probably never change. I don't think that there is any side that holds more favoritism. I belive that every race tries to do as god as they can without trying to start anything. I believe that racism holds a lot of emotional ties. Many people are offended sometimes when people say negative things toward eachother. If we can try to change these things then maybe one day we will be much closer towards a less negative world