WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?

CAN WE IMPROVE?

Racism has haunted America since its establishment as a European colony. If you’re a person of color in this country, chances are, you have faced discrimination, mean jokes, or harmful stereotypes at some point in time. How can we try to make amends with minorities that still suffer similar hardships that were faced by their ancestors decades ago? Racism is forever going to have a lasting impact on our country. But when did this begin? How can we improve our mindsets and society?

As stated before, racism has affected every minority in America and we still have racist tendancies that have stayed with us from the 3/5’s compromise for slavery to the internment of Japanese people to the constant screaming of “Go back to your own country!”, even unnecessary fear of those who follow the Islamic faith. The stereotypes and prejudice against these people are inaccurate and malevolent. Despite our country seemingly getting better, there is still a lot of racism imbedded within us. As a whole we must be mindful and aware that everyone is different and has a backstory regardless of race and ethnicity. It is wrong to hate and/or fear someone solely for his or her race or ethnicity.

“The first step to improving is ripping apart stereotypes educating people on instead of stereotypes that enforce the racism

WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?

CAN WE IMPROVE?

But we can improve our minds. The first step to improving is ripping apart stereotypes and educating people on different cultures instead of stereotypes that enforce the racism in this country. Not all black and Hispanic people are gangsters and drug lords. There are many scholars and musicians that are Hispanic or black; like Shakira, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Toni Morrison, and Pitbull. There are white people that are troubled and have gotten in trouble with the law. Most mass shootings have been caused by a white person and not by someone who follows the Ilsamic faith. Islam is not a terroristic religion. It is crucial to understand and be empathetic towards every single culture. No one is more harmful than another based on their race. Improvement takes more than one step though.

Step two is treating any minority the same as how you may treat a person you completely trust. No matter what you have been taught, it is important to treat everyone equally. Improvement is going to be a slow and tedious process that can’t be done in just 2 steps. We can’t redo history in 2 steps. There will always be a wound on America’s history that might never fully heal due to our ancestors ignorance and horrid acts of terror towards every minority race in America. Improvement is a necessity that we will get better at.

ripping apart stereotypes and people on different cultures stereotypes that enforce the racism in this country.”