Reflection About Racism

I was planning this poem, I knew I wanted to write about a societal issue, but I wanted to challenge myself to create a story of an experience separate from my own. Coincidentally, I was inspired by current events, and, recently, a common theme is racism. Racism is something that I am wholeheartedly against, and I had always thought about. In the past few years, police brutality has become prominent, so I wanted to expose it for what it is, racism and oppression, not heroic self-defense, as some claim

oblivious to figure out what racism was and how that had an effect on how others perceived me. I usually had no problem talking with anyone I found worth talking to because I didn’t care about their ethnicity or background or how they looked. Honesty I would say that I am fortunate enough to live in a time where being black is culturally accepted in the states. I had some clue that the color of my skin was somewhat looked down upon, but because I was naive, I didn’t care about what color I was. This may

world. I couldn’t fully understand why everyone came to save me when I almost drowned but when I saw an African American student who was constantly bullied in my predominantly white Texas school, no one came to save her. She was drowning too but in racism, not water. I couldn’t understand why some people were born drowning and why some weren’t. I thought that was how the world naturally worked. I couldn’t see any fault when I decided to keep quiet. I didn’t have “white privilege” and I wasn’t the

necessary for our development, but the way we went about it was not at all peaceful or educated. In acquiring land, we did not think to consult the people already living there and just tried to move in as quickly as possible, no matter the cost to natives already living there. We had no empathy. After most things were settled, we ran into an issue that still echoes in today’s society. Our great nation no longer owns slaves, but the issues of racism and racial profiling are still present. Some minorities

For the discussion the topic I chose was racism in the United States. I chose this topic for many reasons. First, I feel that racism is a major problem in society that needs to be fixed. Racial slurs hurt the people who receive them, and need to be stopped. Hence, I wanted to learn more about why racism happens, and how to end it. In order to learn about this topic, I did research on what racism is and how experts think it can be stopped. Then, to further my understanding of what can be done, I led

Many people believe that racism and discrimination are non-existent in today's society; however, that is simply wrong. A large percentage of the population does not accept other people simply because their appearance is different from themselves. The video clips played in class emphasize the generalizations and negative experiences that so many people, including myself suffer from on a daily basis. Most of the videos depict students treating or talking about others in negative and demeaning ways

I empathized with one of my classmates when they talked about their experience with racism. She was talking about how a man was harassing her mother because she could not speak english. Not sure how to handle the situation, she decided to call him out on it. When telling her story I could feel her frustration and anger even though it was not happening to me. I could also imagine if someone talked to my mom like that I would want to be able to be brave enough to stand up for her as she was. It is

world. I couldn’t fully understand why everyone came to save me when I almost drowned but when I saw an African American student who was constantly bullied in my predominantly white Texas school, no one came to save her. She was drowning too but in racism, not water. I couldn’t understand why some people were born drowning and why some weren’t. I thought that was how the world naturally worked. I couldn’t see any fault when I decided to keep quiet. I didn’t have “white privilege” and I wasn’t the

In my personal experience, racism is a multi-cultural mindset that appears to be based on anything and everything. Fearing “what is different” is a human condition and until we can free our minds from the fear, it will continue to be problematic. Although our country has a very splattered belief of racism, we can change the way we view ethnicity, skin color, or religious beliefs, there is a strong inevitability of the world repeating history and war will supervene again. Recently I had the opportunity

perfect suburb, and I felt safe inside that bubble. In a sort of blissful ignorance, I wanted to believe that racism was just an abstract issue that is outside my own daily life. Nevertheless, just 30 minutes away, a black man was shot while reaching for his id because a police officer ‘feared for his life,’ and the echoes of his death opened my mind to the realization that the effects of racism are right outside my door. Since my childhood, I have always been interested in engineering. Both my father