Saturday, November 7, 2009

Reflection #17

The writer believes racism is the most pernicious of all the "isms." I can agree with that statement. I want to add that it is unintelligent to believe that a group of people are discriminated against or abused because of their race. There are many “isms.” Prejudice is to judge and have suspicion irrationally and prematurely or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion. Racism is being prejudice because of their ethnicity, with the power to oppress.

I am trying to imagine this situation. Two groups or individuals who are discussing they hate the color of their skin. How can a person resolve that? It’s ridiculous. Every group has something to offer another group. The group who is racist needs to go to counseling and be lectured until this racist group can respect and appreciate diversity. The racist people are simply uneducated or narrow-minded, hating someone for the color of their skin. If flesh is removed, we all look the same. We all need air, water and food to survive. It is a shame this problem is still going on today. Racism has to be beyond than skin color. Every time I learn something new I wonder what I can do to help.

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