I truly believe racism is something that we as a people will never be able to overcome. It is engrained in your mind and body, even if someone hasn’t experienced it personally. A person can be white but know racism through their past generations and what their ancestors have done to people of color. You can know racism maybe because you are a person of color and have experienced it in your past along with the previous generations and ancestry.
Unfortunately, as much as whites try to say that America is a new land of the free and that racism is a thing of the past, that is all lies. They may like to think so, but racial integration is something that will need to be continually worked on and will continue to progress at a slow rate. They say African-Americans have equal rights now in all working environments, but is that really true? If you line up a black man next to a white man does inequality take place? I have to say yes. If you line up a Latino woman and a White woman, does equality take place then? Hell no! And don’t even get me started with putting a man in front of a woman because then I would say yes, maybe just then, the black man, might come before the white woman. Just maybe.
Bringing more awareness to our youth and educating them about respect, what is right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable is key to a healthier future. We don’t want our children to say they are “color blind” because that is untrue. Everybody sees color. Everybody sees race, sex, gender, etc. The difference is how do you react and how do you treat others who are different than you are in this racist society we live in. That is what matters.
Monika's Blog 