Racism 101 David Brooks Analysis

The authors Giovanni and Brooks would be considered on the opposite sides of the spectrum as far as political and social views. As I read “Racism 101” by Nikki Giovanni and “People like us” by David Brooks I was uninterested at first while reading their pieces due to the fact that I understood everything they were saying. Nothing they said seemed new to me or unfamiliar and they gave excellent advice on prejudice and diversity. Then I realized something, the reason why I wasn’t interested. Through the many opportunities and experiences in my life, I have been pushed into challenging multicultural environments, loss of life situations with people of different races, and accomplishing enduring tasks with people that I might not have favored but we had a common goal and we got over our …show more content…
Giovanni being more liberal in her views gave her audience advice about overcoming prejudice and racism with her target audience being minority college students. On the other side of the spectrum we have Brooks who is a conservative writer who enlightens us on how we segregate ourselves by majors, occupations, characteristics, and other social views and how we can do things to shine new views on our perspective of living. As I started making these connections between writers I could see how their advice mingled together and to break the boundaries of racism, and diversity we face today, we would need to heed the advice they both provide. Understanding and placing yourself within different environments, interacting with people of different races and cultures can help one develop higher thinking of another beings beliefs and ethics, with that you begin to knockdown the walls of racism and prejudice by understanding a person mentally and emotionally versus what is on the