Argumentative Essay About Racism

I come from a mixed race family, my mom is black and my dad is white. My two siblings are significantly lighter than I am, which brings about a lot of social controversy. I remember one day my sister came home, she was around four or five unaware of her complexion. She came in, sat my grandmother down like she was about to tell her the world 's biggest secret and said, "Nana, did YOU KNOW that I 'm BLACK?" It amazed me how she didn 't know she was black when she comes home to a black family every day; but then it dawned on me she 's so use to other black people judging her based on her color she believed she was white. We all watch those funny YouTube videos about the light skin vs. dark skin debate and how African Americans with a lighter …show more content…
But in the end, is colorism really about who is more "conventionally beautiful?" In order for colorism to end we must start with the media, each other and ourselves! If we stop associating anything black with poverty or the ghetto. We must start acknowledging that colorism does exist and it 's not something to be proud of. When someone says something that you think is racist SAY SOMETHING. In addition to that, the media needs to portray Black people in a positive manner for people to believe stereotypes are not true. In kindergarten I had this teacher, I don’t remember much about her but I do remember one conversation we had. After nap time we were all discussing holidays and how are family celebrates them. When it came to me I was planning on discussing Christmas because that is what I know. instead she asks me "Michaella, why don’t you tell us about Kwanzaa" as 6 year old my reaction is simply " what 's Kwanzaa." Now I think back on that story, I realize she didn’t care that I was light skin or dark skin she just knew I was black so I must celebrate Kwanzaa! That is how the real life is…The world as a whole doesn’t care what kind of black you are, you are just