Why Is It Important To Talk About Races Especially To Are Younger Generation

Personally, I believe education is the key to combating racism. We must education our peers on our cultures. We must explain that “colorblindness” in society is not what’s best. Only by embracing and recognizing each other differences we will be able to break the social bubbles we live in. I’ve gained a stronger sense of racial awareness through this course. I have the ability to challenge and change other people’s ideologies and understand my own. I know because of my social position have scholarships, financial aide and the values of hard work and education instilled in me by my parents and grandparents. I’m also aware that many people are not able to gain that same access. Because of my racial awareness there is so much more I want to find out about the contributing factors that led to my family’s social position in New Orleans. It is through my racial awareness I plan to beat the system.

Personally I feel comfortable addressing race and racism at any time. I believe that coming from a mixed-race background and also being open to parts of social change has helped me shape an understanding and easily communicable standpoint on issues such as those. Furthermore, I believe inclusivity is key. Meaning we as humans should reach a point where everyone feels as comfortable as race as I do, and the tendency to retreat to the comfort and solidarity of a race should be

I think when it comes to academics and even job applicants. In the sense that if the person is skilled enough, then they should be hired ( or accepted if a school) it shouldn’t matter what race they are. If we do talk about it and we want it to matter does that mean that races are put into a “box” and perpetuate stereotypes and outsiders become more racially biased? We don’t want to erase the identities of races as well as many will have that as the base of their foundation for identity but we would like to move passed it but not forgetting it. Just because someone is of a certain race and may or may not do something that is a stereotype (“good” or “bad”) An example of a stereotype is all Asians are good at math. That must put pressure into thinking they should be great at academics or they aren’t able to connect with their race from an “outsider” view. Anyone can be racially biased when discussing race where should the focus be on? I think it could be focused on correcting stereotypes though there are more places to start. First hand that is the only thing I have experienced but, I think we could focus on correcting how African-Americans are portrayed as aggressive, or how all Muslims (though that is a religion but still stands) are not

The approach Jose Antonio Vargas had for this documentary is intriguing. His comment, “we talk about race a lot in this country, usually without you (white persons)”. As I ponder that statement what came to my mind was race is talked about within groups of the same race whatever that race might be. It seems we rarely can handle talking about the issues with those we have issues with. Yet it seems we love to talk about race or issues with people that have the same mindset or agree with our opinion. This in effect does not solve any problems or incorrect stereotypes it only feeds them.

When I was a child, I thought that issues that shouldn’t matter were taken care of. It’s silly that people have issues over race. Thinking someone as lesser person doesn’t make things easier for them. At least with issues such as robbery, the criminals could at least think that they will get whatever they’re after. With race however, nothing is made easier by thinking someone is lesser than another. Judging people by race only brings bad feelings towards both people involved. Who would want that? Who would go out of their way to make someone feel bad about themselves if they didn’t do anything bad to them in the first place? This is what I thought as a child. The Ferguson Riots and the Charlestown massacre convinced me that race it still

Now when looking back at the past views on races it can be a little controversial and offensive to some people. The matters have been joked about in our grade but are a serious issue today. In the time periods of Oj Simpson and Tom

Overall, it is saddening that we are still living through this today. As Rosa Parks once said, “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall

This video gave me insight on how White people feel about the topic of race, and my prediction of how White people feel is right. What I got from this video is that some White people are apprehensive on talking about race because they might say the wrong thing. I saw a few people in the video become a little flustered because they didn’t want to say the wrong thing. The way non-racist White people feel is that race does not matter to them and they feel it has not had an effect on their interactions with people. I guess that the reason why they don’t think about race is because they never had to worry about race. This is in comparison to where a person who is not an ex-convict does not have to worry about getting asked jail questions unlike a person who is an ex-convict. If being White doesn’t affect them negatively, then they don’t necessarily have to be cognizant of it wherever they go. I feel that the reason why a lot of White people like rap music and Black culture is because they don’t see it as Black, they see it as cool, but they don’t understand it fully. Race is a topic I would like to discuss with my White friends openly, but I sometimes avoid it in terms of preventing me from making them feel uncomfortable and guilty. In addition I just feel that they’ll never fully understand how I feel. What I would like for White people to know is that race does

Nowadays, people just talk without listening or when they do listen, they are just listening to what can make sure they win. Every conversation becomes a debate, so if everyone would just be an open listener and see the other person’s point of view. They will know how to educate that person if what that person said is truly wrong. Everyone should/ needs to be an active support, Kivel talks about “what people of color want form white allies is ‘don’t take it personally,’ ‘provide information’ and ‘don’t assume you know what’s best for me’” (Kivel, p. 1). This should be the first thing white people and people of color do because we all must get to know each other. It should not matter what everyone skin color is or what their religion

Unwittingly or quite knowingly people have built systems of inequalities around race but people have also built identity, friendships, and college mates around it. Nevertheless, several people I recently interviewed never appeared to be certain when race was a good thing or when it was a bad thing to talk about, which in my mind leaves us all struggling with a particularly intimidating question: When should we talk as if race matters?

Many are unaware of the effects that race has played in their lives over the years. Some may not understand its implications, but are very oblivious to it. Race can influence such things like attitude and behavior. Nowadays being white or black means something more than just a Crayola color. No longer are they just colors, they are races with their own rules and regulations. People of color have been inferior to the white race for centuries. In their own way Zora Neale Hurston shows this concept in her story “How it feels to be Colored Me” as does Richard Wright in his autobiographical sketch “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow”.

I continued my lesson in “race” per se by mentioning Dr. Henry Gates Jr. program on PBS called Finding Your Roots. In one episode he had a DNA test done for himself in order to find out what parts of Africa he was from, but discovered his ancestors were all European. He proposed some interesting ideas such as how this fact would affect Affirmative Action, or grants that he may have applied for and how he would respond to census and other forms. This lesson always seemed eye-opening to students. I then point out that Tiger Woods defines his ethnicity as not just Black but also Caucasian, American Indian, and Asian. In the last 10 years, the high school became more diverse and I would have students from India and Africa. They too would share their experiences on the forms stating that they would fill in whatever they felt like on any particular day because the form did not have something that related to them as far as they were concerned. It was interesting to see how US-born students were surprised that these “foreign born students” rejected the labels that they, themselves, were sure belonged to them. It also made them aware that they did not have to simply accept the label assigned to them either.

On the newest episode of ABC’s Blackish, they had a episode about prejudice, where two parents struggled on what to tell their two young children. The mother wanted to tell the children to trust the justice system, whereas the father wanted to tell the children about racial prejudice and about how racism is still prevalent in the world today. I agree with both of the parents points. The mother provides a great point about trying to preserve hope that things will get better. But the father had a good point of the children should know about racism so they will be prepared. Personally I think it’s good to have discussions about the topic of prejudice, because unfortunately this is still a problem in America today. People use stereotypes and

I think talking about race and racial injustice about the past or present will bring awareness because if we discuss about the issue than we would be able to fix many discrimination problems. I agree that we cannot change the past but we can focus on present and future generations. Issue should be fixed by coming together with a solution to the problems rather than just listening to people point of views. I have seen racism at workplace, and in school. Racism still exists and has not erased completely because some people still trend to judge based on how they look and where they came from? The Conversation is necessary to promote the change. We as an individual can change this issue by treating each other with respect, no matter which country

Race and ethnicity have always been two words with great importance to people, but these terms and the topics they represent have been talked about by mass media much more frequently as of late due to the election. Personally, I am a white female who grew up in a predominately white area and went to elementary and middle school where there was not one person of color in my graduating class of about 80. In high school, I was exposed to more diversity but significantly and the percentage of whites in my graduating class was likely near ninety. Even with such little diversity growing up, I believe I was raised in a way to see human beings as human beings, and not for the color of their skin, where they are from, or what culture one may