I truly believe that our nation has definitely made progress in the area of racial injustice. One aspect that clearly demonstrates my belief is the fact that segregation and restrictions no longer exist in public. For example, our schools, workplaces, hospitals, basically any functional facility, is freely open for anyone of any race to use and we can all sit together in one room; this is something that never happened in the past and was a critical issue for the longest time. For me to look around my classroom and to see my classmates, as well as myself, sit beside each other in a peaceful manner makes me grateful that we have reached that state as a society. Along with that idea, in general, I believe people of today are more respectful and understanding of cultural differences than in the past. Being that our country consists of numerous ethnicities, I think we have learned to accept that and be more open-minded when exposed to a different culture that is not yours.
2. Wise’s early experiences shaped his view of race and racial injustice. In what ways have your own early …show more content…
It sounds pleasant to say, “I do not see color, I just see people.” However, that means we would have to be blind to our cultural differences. Being colorblind disregards so many factors such as individual identities and the history of oppression. To be viewed with no color causes us to lose our individual abilities of being different and unique from others; everyone would just be the same. Colorblindness also ignores the history of oppression in America and it forgets the damage that was done to minority groups. That being said, forgetting what happened in history does not allow us to move forward and change the minds of narrow-minded people. People will just be oblivious of what is going on and their minds will not open up to understand the world as easily which will cause us to not move forward as a
2. Wise’s early experiences shaped his view of race and racial injustice. In what ways have your own early …show more content…
It sounds pleasant to say, “I do not see color, I just see people.” However, that means we would have to be blind to our cultural differences. Being colorblind disregards so many factors such as individual identities and the history of oppression. To be viewed with no color causes us to lose our individual abilities of being different and unique from others; everyone would just be the same. Colorblindness also ignores the history of oppression in America and it forgets the damage that was done to minority groups. That being said, forgetting what happened in history does not allow us to move forward and change the minds of narrow-minded people. People will just be oblivious of what is going on and their minds will not open up to understand the world as easily which will cause us to not move forward as a