Sunday, May 20, 2012
Racism -
Over the past week, the class has talked about racism. We talked about obvious racism and the kind that sometimes just slips into a conversation. We also discussed the idea that racism is a social construction of reality that we've made up. Its totally fake! We've made it up. It started when English people began to travel the world and discovered slaves. We've now integrated race into almost everything we do. Colleges want to know your race. Your country wants to know your race. Even your friends might ask. Its not something that can be put into a box though. Because if we try to put people into categories, than we come across problems. Is race what you feel? How you look? Or just where you came from. The questions become too difficult and can and have caused much controversy. Does it really matter? But more importantly, is it worth it?
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I wasn't in class last week, and it was interesting to learn from your post how the social construction of "race" came to be. It's such an odd thought and realization that race doesn't actually exist, we created it and we therefore created the problems and stereotypes associated with race. It doesn't feel like racial differences are that prevalent today, but it's clear that the idea is still around and further divides all of us
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