Imagine a place where children, white or black, don’t have to be taught since birth that there is a difference between people with different skin colors. Imagine your kid getting up to go to school, not even knowing or caring about racism. Also imagine your kids not having to hate black or white children just because they are the opposite skin color. Some kids grow up thinking, because they are not the same skin color they are less important than him or her. (McWhorter 38)
Presidents Nixon and Reagan both tried to stop racism during their terms. They started by redefining the Civil Rights Movement which they thought would help people see what this was doing in the country. They thought if they tore down the “WHITES ONLY” signs it would take care of things, but what they didn’t understand was racism isn’t about signs or not allowing students to attend certain schools. The root of racism comes down to every person or every heart wanting to be fully loved and accepted. People fail and make mistakes; it is a part of life. These same failing people want to prove themselves, and they think the best way to do so is to tear someone else down. They put people down so they look higher. They exalt themselves by tearing apart someone else’s life. Let’s just think about what racism has done to peoples, families, communities, and nations (Anderson 44). …show more content…
These children followed after parents, grandparents, and teachers. Acts 3:17 says this, “Yet these people were blind, led by blind rulers” (MacArthur 41). People were oblivious to what they actually meant when they spoke. Some didn’t realize what it meant to be a racist. To look God in the face and say, “Your creation, and your work is not perfect! You have failed and your creation is flawed.” Through their words and actions, racist people spit in God’s
Presidents Nixon and Reagan both tried to stop racism during their terms. They started by redefining the Civil Rights Movement which they thought would help people see what this was doing in the country. They thought if they tore down the “WHITES ONLY” signs it would take care of things, but what they didn’t understand was racism isn’t about signs or not allowing students to attend certain schools. The root of racism comes down to every person or every heart wanting to be fully loved and accepted. People fail and make mistakes; it is a part of life. These same failing people want to prove themselves, and they think the best way to do so is to tear someone else down. They put people down so they look higher. They exalt themselves by tearing apart someone else’s life. Let’s just think about what racism has done to peoples, families, communities, and nations (Anderson 44). …show more content…
These children followed after parents, grandparents, and teachers. Acts 3:17 says this, “Yet these people were blind, led by blind rulers” (MacArthur 41). People were oblivious to what they actually meant when they spoke. Some didn’t realize what it meant to be a racist. To look God in the face and say, “Your creation, and your work is not perfect! You have failed and your creation is flawed.” Through their words and actions, racist people spit in God’s