Racism

This week in class we learned about race.
Race is not biological, but indeed a creation by society to label people.
People's race can be forever changing based on how they act.

But despite how race is not biological, many people believe it is. They think that race cannot change and if you're Asian, you're Asian. African then African.

I think Dave Chappelle portrays this ridiculous concept of race perfectly in a "racial draft". In this episode, he took several races "drafting" people to their race. Tiger Woods now "100% black" and many more. Race isn't a defined line. It's very flexible because the concept of "biological race" doesn't exist. It's all a perception.

We also saw how our society creates stereotypes for races. That asian are smart and slow while African Americans are loud. However although people may think that they aren't a racist, that shows that they arent an explicit racist. There's also an implicit racism. It's a type of racism we're not aware of. Its instilled in our brain that it's acceptable now.

This instilled racism is much more common than an explicit racism. But, if everyone begins to watch what they say, it's possible that in time this racism will not be around. It seems impossible, but we have gotten so far from the 1800s when people thought that African Americans aren't even human. If we all work together to try, we can do it.