Racism is Wrong.

     This week  we talked about racism, which branches out into two parts: implicit racism and explicit racism. Explicit racism is an open, negative act towards one's race. An example of this is the Klu Klux Klan,  who don't try to hide their hate. Implicit racism is the opposite, and an example of this can be statements written newspaper that aren't deliberate. 

      In addition to racism we talked about race with an emphasis on the idea that one of the first characteristics that people notice about each other is the color of their skin, and other physical features. In class we classified different balls into different categories. The class recognized that it's difficult to place them into proper categories in which each one belongs because each ball has multiple physical traits. This demonstration is similar to people. You can't place people in specific categories. For example, just one person can be placed into numerous categories: female, Persian, long hair, dark hair, oval face, brown eyes, coffee/milk colored skin, and list goes on. This proves that two people may have a few similar physical traits, but a group of people can't be placed into definite groups. To me this is extremely disturbing. It's important to realize that everyone is the same on the outside, but has differences on the inside, therefore instead of trying to guess what someone's race, ask them about their aspirations.