Racism will always exsist.
No matter how many rules and laws we create to prevent racism, it will never completely disappear. People will always have racist thoughts or actions and those people will pass this knowledge of racism down to their own children or relatives.
This does not mean we should not do anything at all about it, having rules or laws against racism will help significantly, but never eliminate it. Racism is a big problem in our society today, not just racism with blacks, but with mexicans and other foreigners in the United States. I think that the Presidents should talk about this problem in their campaign speeches and talk about ways of reducing racism in the United States.
I agree with what you're saying. This may very well be a true statement but I also think it can be false. (I actually wrote about the same thing in my blog, so check it out. My blog is a lot different than yours!)
ReplyDeleteI feel like it could be a complete controversy pulling in the government though. In today's society, I feel like if an African American president such as Obama were to say that there's still a huge problem with racism against blacks and other races, it would cause so much more of an issue with the whites and blacks. I think people would feel like they are getting attack and possibly for something they didn't do wrong if they weren't racist. Then, it could possibly cause more racial tension within America.
I kind of disagree with both of you. I think our generation is were in tune with this issue. We have learned so much about racism and have been around it for so long that we fall into place. We grow up with people of different races in our school, we live interacially, and we have many friends of various races. I think that if we teach our children our values, and teach them to love and accept peole for who they are, then racism will be more under control and maybe "disappear". However, I do agree with the fact that there will most likely be people who will not teach their children these values and racism may continue. I also believe that there may be a "cure" in the future, but it may not be discovered in our lifetime.
ReplyDeleteI like that you acknowledged that even though racism is becoming less prevalent in our country, it is still something we should address. I feel like even if it wasn't a major problem anymore, if we were to stop making rules and teaching students lessons against racism, it may resurface because in our country we really aren't as "mixed" as we are said to be, we're fairly separated by race.
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