I went to this museum exhibit a couple weeks ago about segregation, racism, and discrimination. I bet you would have hated it. I saw thirty-five photos of horrible things that had happened throughout the years. Three of them stood out to me: (1) a young Black man hanging from a tree, (2) an insulting poster about biracial people, and (3) a board game dehumanizing Native Americans.
I came across a picture of a boy, someone not much younger than I am now, dead and hanging from a tree. The plaque below the picture read that Michael Donald, a young Black man, was attacked and hung from a tree by two KKK members who were angry about “a jury’s acquittal of Josephus Anderson, a Black man accused of murdering a White police officer” (THEM: Images of …show more content…
He looked like an abomination and the wording at the bottom said, “If race mixing continues at the current rate…what will humans look like in the future? YECH” (THEM: Images of Separation)! It made me upset, especially since I am biracial. Mixed races do not have any weird mutations or problems that make them look like monstrosities. It made me think of how when I was younger and we would go into store, older white people would stare at me and give me shocked looks as though I was a mistake. Over the years, I have definitely experienced less of that discrimination but I know there are people who still think mixing of races is disgusting.
I read an article by Shannon Barber (2016) online the other day that said Kentucky is working to pass a bill that allows the discrimination of interracial couples in businesses; someone could be fired for dating someone of a different race if their boss is racist, and the employee would have no legal standing to fight against it. I think that is ridiculous. With it being 2016, I figured that anti-miscegenation laws would be a thing of the past considering a large amount of people identify as biracial, but Kentucky must not see it that …show more content…
Children copy behaviors they see others doing, so playing a game directly hateful towards Native Americans can cause children to think that all Native Americans are savages and/or treat them as such. It also reminded me of how André swears and yells in front of his kids. That is something they will pick up on. Those kids are going to grow up thinking it is okay to yell at people and swear all the time. I think it is vital to always be aware of our actions in front of young children because they will copy
I came across a picture of a boy, someone not much younger than I am now, dead and hanging from a tree. The plaque below the picture read that Michael Donald, a young Black man, was attacked and hung from a tree by two KKK members who were angry about “a jury’s acquittal of Josephus Anderson, a Black man accused of murdering a White police officer” (THEM: Images of …show more content…
He looked like an abomination and the wording at the bottom said, “If race mixing continues at the current rate…what will humans look like in the future? YECH” (THEM: Images of Separation)! It made me upset, especially since I am biracial. Mixed races do not have any weird mutations or problems that make them look like monstrosities. It made me think of how when I was younger and we would go into store, older white people would stare at me and give me shocked looks as though I was a mistake. Over the years, I have definitely experienced less of that discrimination but I know there are people who still think mixing of races is disgusting.
I read an article by Shannon Barber (2016) online the other day that said Kentucky is working to pass a bill that allows the discrimination of interracial couples in businesses; someone could be fired for dating someone of a different race if their boss is racist, and the employee would have no legal standing to fight against it. I think that is ridiculous. With it being 2016, I figured that anti-miscegenation laws would be a thing of the past considering a large amount of people identify as biracial, but Kentucky must not see it that …show more content…
Children copy behaviors they see others doing, so playing a game directly hateful towards Native Americans can cause children to think that all Native Americans are savages and/or treat them as such. It also reminded me of how André swears and yells in front of his kids. That is something they will pick up on. Those kids are going to grow up thinking it is okay to yell at people and swear all the time. I think it is vital to always be aware of our actions in front of young children because they will copy