A Child’s Perception
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I understood as a child; But when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11. The less I knew as a child the more the world seemed innocent and pure; however, as I grew older, my eyes were exposed to the three major elements that segregates us as people: racial color division, racial bias, and rascal tension. Growing up, I perceived the world as a massive playground. Everyone got along with one another and everyone respected each other despite our differences. Through my eyes as a child, I did not see color. I saw a person just like me and I desired to be their friend. Also, I saw us as equals that no one was better than the other depending …show more content…
I view all my friends as people and the color of their skin did not matter. For example, In the second grade I happen to meet my best friend, Jessica at the park. At the time I did not notice the color of her skin. Slowly, as we grew of age we begin to receive racial glares. For instants, Jessica’s father is an ER physician. During a summer vacation I was invited to attend a doctor’s convention with her family that was being held at the beach. One event we always attended as a family was the doctors’ meet and greet night. As we arrived to the event I always received rascal glares from the guests. The glare in people’s eyes always gave the impression they wanted to ask the question of “How did this young African American girl arrive here?”. The glare always felt unwelcoming. Then all their judgment stares and questioning eyes would be shocked to witness me and Jessica possessed a tight friendship. They slowly start to realize me and Jessica’s relationship wasn’t just a friendship but it was a sisterhood. To some standards a sisterhood is shared between the same race but with me and Jessica’s sisterhood it was unique. Our sisterhood was between a young African American girl and Caucasian girl. We did not show any concern to the world’s standards of a sisterhood. Our ability to not perceive race or color strengthened our bond to an extent I could never put into words. Sadly, from that point on we …show more content…
The peaceful and innocent world I lived in as a child is gone. In my young innocent mind, I thought all races respected on another and would never do anything to hurt or kill each other. Sadly, all races loving one another was a childish thought that would never become a reality. Now in the year of 2016 many African American men and women are dying at the hands of white police officers. The tension between white police officers and African American people is growing tremendously. For example, in 2014 the rise of racial tension began with the death of Michael Brown who was shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. After Brown’s death more deaths followed. As the number of deaths increased protest began to spread throughout the country. These protest created even more racial tension between white and African American
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I understood as a child; But when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11. The less I knew as a child the more the world seemed innocent and pure; however, as I grew older, my eyes were exposed to the three major elements that segregates us as people: racial color division, racial bias, and rascal tension. Growing up, I perceived the world as a massive playground. Everyone got along with one another and everyone respected each other despite our differences. Through my eyes as a child, I did not see color. I saw a person just like me and I desired to be their friend. Also, I saw us as equals that no one was better than the other depending …show more content…
I view all my friends as people and the color of their skin did not matter. For example, In the second grade I happen to meet my best friend, Jessica at the park. At the time I did not notice the color of her skin. Slowly, as we grew of age we begin to receive racial glares. For instants, Jessica’s father is an ER physician. During a summer vacation I was invited to attend a doctor’s convention with her family that was being held at the beach. One event we always attended as a family was the doctors’ meet and greet night. As we arrived to the event I always received rascal glares from the guests. The glare in people’s eyes always gave the impression they wanted to ask the question of “How did this young African American girl arrive here?”. The glare always felt unwelcoming. Then all their judgment stares and questioning eyes would be shocked to witness me and Jessica possessed a tight friendship. They slowly start to realize me and Jessica’s relationship wasn’t just a friendship but it was a sisterhood. To some standards a sisterhood is shared between the same race but with me and Jessica’s sisterhood it was unique. Our sisterhood was between a young African American girl and Caucasian girl. We did not show any concern to the world’s standards of a sisterhood. Our ability to not perceive race or color strengthened our bond to an extent I could never put into words. Sadly, from that point on we …show more content…
The peaceful and innocent world I lived in as a child is gone. In my young innocent mind, I thought all races respected on another and would never do anything to hurt or kill each other. Sadly, all races loving one another was a childish thought that would never become a reality. Now in the year of 2016 many African American men and women are dying at the hands of white police officers. The tension between white police officers and African American people is growing tremendously. For example, in 2014 the rise of racial tension began with the death of Michael Brown who was shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. After Brown’s death more deaths followed. As the number of deaths increased protest began to spread throughout the country. These protest created even more racial tension between white and African American