Reflection On African Americans

At first I found this test rather stressful because you had to work fast and I was worried about the results but overall I found the survey interesting but not surprising. My results were that I had, “little to no automatic preference between European American and African American.” I agree with the results in the sense that I’ve never found myself to be too prejudicial towards African Americans or any other race. My personal beliefs lead me to want to be non-prejudicial where as I grew up with parents who taught me not to judge others while they often judged others in front of me. I consider myself to have a decent sociological imagination where I try to live with my “blinders” off and just take everyone as they are despite their race or …show more content…
In the 10 years I’ve known her I think I’ve personally taken in a bit of her ethnicity and she’s taken in a bit of mine. I go to her church sometimes, I participate in cultural events like parades and ceremonies and I often feel connected to her family’s ethnicity. While throughout the years I’ve found myself teaching her and her family a few “American” things which has helped them assimilate better to living here. I’d say I’ve taught her all kinds of things from correct phrases and etiquette to how my family celebrates holidays. I definitely think that growing up connected to a different culture has aided in me being a more open person to different races and religions. I’d like to think I live most of my life with my blinders off because I’d rather like to interpret a person based on who they are as a whole rather than just where they came from or the color of their skin. It saddens me that there is so much racism and prejudice in this world and I agree with the fact that often a race or religion gets a bad stigma simply for the acts of a small percentage of the actual