Overt Racial Prejudice Analysis

The video, Overt Racial Prejudice, made me take a hard look at our world, my world, and think about the question, Are you a racist? I know deep in my being that I do not hold racist beliefs but I do live in a racist society and like it or not, was brought up in a covertly and overtly racist community. I truly got negative physical symptoms when the bumper sticker was shown several times on the video. Now, I voted for President Obama for his first term and frankly, I am not at all pleased with many of his policies and his overall accomplishments while in office. But, this isn’t about politics, this is about human beings. I have no problem with people expressing their opinions or supporting their candidate, but the color of someone’s skin should never come into the picture. But, as we know, it does and it does more often than we would like.
I hope I am not living in a dream world, but I do believe that overt racial …show more content…
Decades ago we would not have seen the outpouring of support about racial prejudice from people of all races in support of the African American community. There is less pressure to conform to a standard that was created by white men, for white men. People with prominent positions in society, politicians, actors, business people and athletes are held to a much higher standard today than they were decades ago. But, does not just mean that the racist behavior has become more covert? I’m not sure. The only thing I know for sure is that I am not able to completely understand how it feels to be discriminated against due to race. The reason I know this is because I know what it feels like to be discriminated against in the workplace due to gender and my very close male family and friends simply do not understand. These men are people that love me, support me, would do almost anything for me and they simply do not