Monday, February 6, 2012

Denial

I believe that if you lived in a racist town with a high number of Mexican and African Americans it can help you get a job easier. the reason is that they are not looking for a good working habit but just a white person. I didn't really think the article was was convincing because one its a white person writing the storey and also i feel that racism in a lot of parts is gone. Tim Wise also said in his article that "United states, you can almost understand- not forgive, but understand such folks, especially if they're white, being under the impression that everything is fine nowadays." (Page:62) I don't not agree at all with this statement, the reason is because i never done wrong towards a black person or been racist towards one. I personal didn't do anything wrong to them and i feel bad that their ancestors had to go through that but they didn't. we are in a new age no one really is racist en less they are adult from a different time like the 90s. When i lived in the city i had a couple of black friends in the south side of Chicago that felt like just because they were black whites and Asian Americans were think that they were stealing. So when my friend left the store they started to sereached him for items that might have been stole; but there was nothing on my friend and ever since i do believe that there is racists but not everywhere.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with your opinion that racism does not exist to the same extent as it did twenty years ago, but it would be unrealistic for the white community to assume it's disappearence in modern society. It difficult to become convinced by a white man portraying racism from the perspective of a minority, so also agree that his article would not be as convincing to the same extent as denial expressed from the direct experience of a minority. American society will only feel equal when racism exists in a vague form.

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