Does anyone ever truly think about and realize the real reason as to why discrimination occurs? No, because there is no real reason. In Zora Neale Hurston’s, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”, there is a women of color, who once never felt different than everyone else until she went into a different town. No matter where you go in this world, there will always be discrimination against race. People tend to look past character and skip to discriminating race so easily due to history, fear, and their own lack of self-confidence.
Discrimination against race has occurred a lot due to events in history. All across the world, racism occurs. People tend to see and follow. If there was not as much racism in the past years, there would not be the amount that occurs now. News channels tend to show more of the events that involve the colored men and women, creating a fear of them because everyone believes that they are “bad”. Past events in history continuously are creating racism in this world. Hurston states, “Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am a granddaughter of the slaves. [...] Slavery is sixty years in the past” (414). Whether something …show more content…
Many people base today off of past history. History is a statement of the past. People need to realize that just because things were happening poorly in the past, does not mean they are going to be the same in the world today. These historical events tend to lead to a feeling of fear. Fear is a strong emotion that can lead to discrimination towards another race. Fear makes you feel like they are going to hurt you in some way. With fear, comes self-confidence. This is something not many people have. Their lack in self-confidence causes them to discriminate towards these people to make themselves feel better. People who focus on history, fear, and lack self-confidence, need to look more at character and maybe the amount of racial discrimination will
Discrimination against race has occurred a lot due to events in history. All across the world, racism occurs. People tend to see and follow. If there was not as much racism in the past years, there would not be the amount that occurs now. News channels tend to show more of the events that involve the colored men and women, creating a fear of them because everyone believes that they are “bad”. Past events in history continuously are creating racism in this world. Hurston states, “Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am a granddaughter of the slaves. [...] Slavery is sixty years in the past” (414). Whether something …show more content…
Many people base today off of past history. History is a statement of the past. People need to realize that just because things were happening poorly in the past, does not mean they are going to be the same in the world today. These historical events tend to lead to a feeling of fear. Fear is a strong emotion that can lead to discrimination towards another race. Fear makes you feel like they are going to hurt you in some way. With fear, comes self-confidence. This is something not many people have. Their lack in self-confidence causes them to discriminate towards these people to make themselves feel better. People who focus on history, fear, and lack self-confidence, need to look more at character and maybe the amount of racial discrimination will