Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Comment on a Colleague's Work #2

Governing the United States: USA Today, or USA in the 1960s?

Carlos brings up a very controversial and sensitive subject for Americans of all races. I too feel that black people in America are treated far more differently than other races. I believe that white privilege and male privilege exist in this country so if you're a white guy, you definitely have it made. I have witnessed this firsthand on many occasions because I grew up in south Dallas where a majority of my friends were not white. Police officers and teachers treated my friends far more differently than I whenever we had got caught skipping class or getting into trouble despite ALL of us being guilty. As an American, we should feel shameful and disgraced to allow such blatant racism to thrive in a land that we front as "equal". Despite our shortcomings as a nation, I hope that this mentality dies out with the older generation and that my generation can abolish this kind of behavior through acceptance and understanding because we are all people.

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