Sunday, December 14, 2008
Racism is far from gone.
There is so much more implicit racism than we realize. It's everywhere; everytime someone makes a joke, or even simply references to someone by their "race", it's racism. There really is no such thing as "race". It's made up in our heads to categorize people. Many people think we've come so long and that racism as decreased a lot. I'm not so sure about this - I think it has just changed. Instead of being violent, it is now jokes and humor. But it is still hurtful because it is still categorizing people. I think that because we see people of certain "races" making the jokes (like the Chapelle show we watched) we accept it as okay. But the truth is, it is not okay. It is the same as segregation because the psychological effect is the same. Just like the study we watched with the six year olds and their dolls. They still feel that there are certain "races" that are better than others and that are preferable. This more than anything shows the effects of the implicit racism. Children of such a young age feeling this way is so indicative of how this is affecting them and why it needs to stop. I hope some day that everyone will be viewed as exactly the same as one another, no matter what their skin color is.
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Your very right! Although there may be less violence we hear about because of race, there a certainly jokes! I think when people use jokes about stereotypes they don't think that they're being offensive b/c its supposed to be "just for fun", but they are putting that energy out there. The more we create jokes about stereotypes, the more they are absorbed into our brains. I definetly have learned soo many stereotypes of different races as I grew older, and I learned them when I entered high school. Since you meet so many different people, you learn about what stereotypes they know about others, or about themselves. Its something that should be more avoided so that people don't take advantage of "joking".
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