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Racism

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Nov 4, 2009
by: mgao

There are racism all over the world. From my point of view, I think hatred cause differences. I was browsing through the internet one day and I came across this very interesting quote, "Those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind." If someone is important to you and close to you, you won't mind their race. If someone else screams on the street, you might think that she/he is obnoxious. If your friend screams on the street, you  might just laugh it off. I think one way that we can stop  racism is that we can try to make friends with people all over the world.
        Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been racism. I remember Mr. Rolle was talking about it on 9th grade, but I wasn't pay attention at that time. Lately, the issue has caught my eye again. I know that many people feel that there are racism everywhere in the world. From what I have heard, I agree with that but I think that is not good. For example, I heard that An African American were  cursed at an Asian in the street saying that all Asian are small and weak.Now that's just what I've heard, it may or may not be true.

        I'm learning more about racism right now, and in particular what I'm wondering about is how can we stop racism? I was researching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because it says how serious problem racism can cause. Here is the quote I found "We have all been a little racist once in a while, and it's easy to call a certain culture names. But we should not judge a certain nationality or colour with just one statement. " http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/racism-needs-to-stop       

        The quote I chose here is basically saying that Racism hurts people. It creates conflict and even wars in our world. It tears our world apart. So we can't judge people with their race.

        I think this is absolutely right because I think there will be world peace if we can stop racism. there are many arguement that start with racism. It really needs to stop.

        I'm also wondering about is are people being racist even to the president? I was researching this question online, and this news item caught my attention because this news item basically is about people bagan to criticize our president Obama. Here is the quote I found "His conclusion by using surveys is that most of us are racists, we just don’t realize we are.  He is absolutely amazed that the American people are criticizing our president.  It seems inconceivable to him and others like him that many of us are upset at the direction Obama is attempting to lead our country." http://www.thesuntimes.com/news/x576553948/Racism-and-violence

        The quote I chose here is basically saying people are criticizing Obama. The level and tone of the dissent against Obama is more primal and vicious than any leveled at Bush, and for far less reason that people had to criticize Bush. It has just been couple of month, people were criticizing Bush and hope to have a new president. All people vote for Obama but now, why people are criticizing Obama too?

        I think this doesn't make sense because people are not satisfy with what the president were doing. I understand that being a president is hard. It also takes time to rule a country and bring the economy back. It's not a piece of cake.

        All of this makes me think that racism is the reason of wars, arguements and everything else that causes problem. If there isn't racism, people will live happily together. There won't be war or aruguement, neither the problem like different race of president.

Comments

Racism is a very big issue

Submitted by HLee on Wed, 2009-11-04 11:20.

Racism is a very big issue of course. People for some weird reason need something to hate in my opinion. Everyone hates a certain thing and sometimes (or mostly) it comes out as racism. I think that also racism occurs because people have a lack of knowledge of that particular place. I also wish that people will just be friends, but I don't know how likely that would be.

Dear mgao, I can relate to

Submitted by athom on Wed, 2009-11-04 14:15.

Dear mgao,

I can relate to your point of view on "Racism".Racism is a big issue ever since the early days. Racism in my opinion also really does start by hatred which makes nothing but differences.. I see many different types of Racism occuring in my neighborhood. I can relate to racism. From the government,to citizens. It's unfair that really no one is equal.One sentence you wrote that stands out to me is "Those who mind don't matter,those who matter don't mind". I think this was a very good quote. I understood it a lot. And everything you said to back it up. It matters how the person reacts on the inside than on the outside. And it proves that first impressions do matter.