Discrimination: A Personal Analysis

Throughout the years of my life, as well as plenty before my time, discrimination has been a major issue to people who are "different". I am a biracial girl who often has had to deal with discrimination. My mother is white and my father is black. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that I am able to embrace two different ethnicities in my day-to-day life. Being able to go to one Christmas on my mom's side isn't quite the same as it is on my dad's side, but both of these experiences have helped to mold me as the person I am today. I feel like I do have a slight advantage because I am able to have a more rounded perspective on the world and the way I am able to look at people. This is what makes me, me.

But it is a lot harder to go about my life than people think it may be. It seems like every day I have to deal with ignorance or stereotyping. I have friends who jokingly say things such as "your hair looks extra black girl today" or "you are too white to listen to that music". Even though these things may seem like harmless jokes …show more content…
It is pretty sad that it is 2016 and people are still so judgmental. In order for there to be change, people have to want to change. Most people, at least from my experience, do not like to be considered wrong. I know I don't when it comes to things that I strongly believe in. But when people are brainwashed to believe strongly in something that is harmful to others, there is a problem. Discrimination has been and still is quite a taboo subject to some. That's a big part of what makes it so hard to stop. We have to address these things and can't keep a blind eye to act like it is not happening. Everyone would have to actually work together to change the perspective of others. You can not say you want change and not do anything about it. Taking action is probably the most important