en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/762186 Comments by JustLovingLife https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/letter-from-an-inmate__trashed/#IDComment70017038 It has been said, That if you do the crime, you must pay the time. It has also been said that no one should be let off the hook for any crime regardless of how big or small. Bottom line if someone does something wrong they should have to pay for it for the rest of their lives. However, I have always wondered, for those who say these things, have they ever really place themselves in a criminals shoes? Have they ever tried to understand or even listen to the situation that the criminal was in? Im sure many people would answer no to these questions. They would more than likely feel like why should I even tried to understand? There is nothing to understand. They committed a crime and should be put away for it. Now I agree with these statements to a certain degree. I mean people should be punished for their crimes regardless of size, but that does not mean that we as society should throw them away because they have made a mistake. Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:49:18 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/letter-from-an-inmate__trashed/#IDComment70017038 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/letter-from-an-inmate__trashed/#IDComment70022347 It has been said, That if you do the crime, you must pay the time. It has also been said that no one should be let off the hook for any crime regardless of how big or small. Bottom line if someone does something wrong they should have to pay for it for the rest of their lives. However, I have always wondered, for those who say these things, have they ever really place themselves in a criminals shoes? Have they ever tried to understand or even listen to the situation that the criminal was in? Im sure many people would answer no to these questions. They would more than likely feel like why should I even tried to understand? There is nothing to understand. They committed a crime and should be put away for it. Now I agree with these statements to a certain degree. I mean people should be punished for their crimes regardless of size, but that does not mean that we as society should throw them away because they have made a mistake. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:49:18 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/letter-from-an-inmate__trashed/#IDComment70022347 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/how-am-i-not-a-racist__trashed/#IDComment70021935 Additional Blog#2 There is nothing wrong with believing that you can make an impact on the world. However, when you get to the point where you think your impact is better than someone else’s that is when you must examine something inside yourself. What gives you right to think that your impact on the world is better than anyone else’s? I don’t think this has to do with racism in particular, but it does have everything to do with classism and money. I mean the only reason you possibly think your impact would be greater is because you have money and is in a better position than those who live in a third world country. However, it is the situation of those living in the third world countries that keep you wanting to do as well as you do. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:46:10 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/how-am-i-not-a-racist__trashed/#IDComment70021935 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/300000-whats-it-mean-to-us__trashed/#IDComment70018927 Additional Blog#1 When we see something happen and learn of something that happened we are more likely to walk away from it because it did affect us directly. The reason we think this fine is because we think to ourselves, what can I do? I did not know this person so why should I even be concerned. Furthermore, they would go as far as to say that hey it wasn’t me so I’m taking responsibility. What most people fail to realize is that no one in this world is immune to the trials and tribulations of life. Yet, we all act as if we don’t have direct connection to us then our lives goes on. The problem is that no one wants to take responsibility for anything. I mean these are human beings that need our help. We should not care if affects us directly or not. I am pretty sure that if something did happen to us individually we want help from anyone, so let us return the favor and start to care about things that happen outside of our little worlds. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:20:49 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/300000-whats-it-mean-to-us__trashed/#IDComment70018927 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/300000-whats-it-mean-to-us__trashed/#IDComment70018843 It has been said, “That if you do the crime, you must pay the time.” It has also been said that no one should be let off the hook for any crime regardless of how big or small. Bottom line if someone does something wrong they should have to pay for it for the rest of their lives. However, I have always wondered, for those who say these things, have they ever really place themselves in a criminal’s shoes? Have they ever tried to understand or even listen to the situation that the criminal was in? I’m sure many people would answer no to these questions. They would more than likely feel like “why should I even tried to understand?” “There is nothing to understand.” “They committed a crime and should be put away for it.” Now I agree with these statements to a certain degree. I mean people should be punished for their crimes regardless of size, but that does not mean that we as society should throw them away because they have made a mistake. Now for most of us, I know the number one question that keeps your mind going. You would say, well what if that person murdered someone, should we show compassion and sympathy for them? The answer to that question is yes. I’m sure many people will be surprised to this answer, but after reading a letter from an inmate that my Soc 119 teacher knows, you would have to consider why I say yes. I know that this person has killed someone. Yes he has taken someone from their family. So this would make society think that he had or has no compassion or sympathy for anyone else. However, reading the letter would give everyone whoever felt that criminals have no feelings a different perspective or I would hope so. In the letter the inmate talks about how even hardcore souls can place their hatred for one another to the side just so that they help one another. He explains how small gestures towards one another can be so special. The situation the man spoke of had me thinking how could this even occur? I always thought that criminals who committed murder were cold hearted serpents who only saw their pain and suffering. I thought they committed the crimes they did because they wanted society or specific people to feel the pain that they felt. I never even considered that they feel more than that. They hurt just the way those of us who have committed crimes do. They shed tears, and long for love as well as acceptance just like the rest of us. I mean these men have to pay for more than just the life they took or the time they will spend in prison. These men have to live with people looking at them sideways, people always being afraid of them, never ever having another real shot at life. They are in prison trying to become better people, but we as a society won’t even give them a chance. I could not even imagine how that feels. I’m forever grateful for this letter and the sentimental value it hold. I am thankful for the lesson it contains. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:20:07 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/300000-whats-it-mean-to-us__trashed/#IDComment70018843 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/letter-from-an-inmate__trashed/#IDComment70015534 It has been said, “That if you do the crime, you must pay the time.” It has also been said that no one should be let off the hook for any crime regardless of how big or small. Bottom line if someone does something wrong they should have to pay for it for the rest of their lives. However, I have always wondered, for those who say these things, have they ever really place themselves in a criminal’s shoes? Have they ever tried to understand or even listen to the situation that the criminal was in? I’m sure many people would answer no to these questions. They would more than likely feel like “why should I even tried to understand?” “There is nothing to understand.” “They committed a crime and should be put away for it.” Now I agree with these statements to a certain degree. I mean people should be punished for their crimes regardless of size, but that does not mean that we as society should throw them away because they have made a mistake. Now for most of us, I know the number one question that keeps your mind going. You would say, well what if that person murdered someone, should we show compassion and sympathy for them? The answer to that question is yes. I’m sure many people will be surprised to this answer, but after reading a letter from an inmate that my Soc 119 teacher knows, you would have to consider why I say yes. I know that this person has killed someone. Yes he has taken someone from their family. So this would make society think that he had or has no compassion or sympathy for anyone else. However, reading the letter would give everyone whoever felt that criminals have no feelings a different perspective or I would hope so. In the letter the inmate talks about how even hardcore souls can place their hatred for one another to the side just so that they help one another. He explains how small gestures towards one another can be so special. The situation the man spoke of had me thinking how could this even occur? I always thought that criminals who committed murder were cold hearted serpents who only saw their pain and suffering. I thought they committed the crimes they did because they wanted society or specific people to feel the pain that they felt. I never even considered that they feel more than that. They hurt just the way those of us who have committed crimes do. They shed tears, and long for love as well as acceptance just like the rest of us. I mean these men have to pay for more than just the life they took or the time they will spend in prison. These men have to live with people looking at them sideways, people always being afraid of them, never ever having another real shot at life. They are in prison trying to become better people, but we as a society won’t even give them a chance. I could not even imagine how that feels. I’m forever grateful for this letter and the sentimental value it hold. I am thankful for the lesson it contains. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:56:03 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/letter-from-an-inmate__trashed/#IDComment70015534 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/christian-invaders-the-turnaround__trashed/#IDComment68334802 Today’s lecture was just completely amazing. I mean today lecture was anything but laughs, jokes, and random thoughts. Today’s lecture forced you to place yourself in someone else’s shoes and see how you would feel if you were being stereotyped, generalized, ridiculed, and so forth. It also forced you to think just how it would feel if someone came into your country and just took over. I always knew that America was a bully in some form and cases, but I never quite knew to what extent we were willing to go to just to get what we as a country wanted. I used to think that America was all about helping people and other countries that were in trouble. I used to think that America was never the type of country who would devastate another country just so we could say that we have everything. I mean why would we ever need to? We are a powerful and rich country. We are one of the world’s greatest superpowers. However, now, in my eyes we are just one big bully. When did America and Americans begin to just be able to not care about those in other countries? When did we decide that the sacred people and wonders of other countries as well as people did not matter? We are currently over in the Middle East, fighting a war that has no meaning in my opinion. I mean who are we to take such important decisions away from other countries? We have no right to just invade someone else’s land and turn it upside down. And then it amazes me that we do it over something as simple as oil. OMG! Are we insane? Oil? Yes, America does need oil but do we really need it that bad that we are really going to become complete nut cases to satisfy some crazy ideals. Then on top of stealing from other countries, we are killing innocent people and making terrible assumptions about a country we really have no idea about. Wow! I just do not understand how we as a country can stand by and watch these people just die and get slaughtered. This is a complete outrage. When Sam told us to place ourselves in their shoes and see how we would feel if we were the ones having not only our oil stolen but also parts of our lives. I immediately became outraged with Americans! America! I live in a country where the safety of others just does not count. We are so worried about this set of people taking over and this religion taking over that we don’t even realize that we are doing to those in the middle. We are killing those who have no idea as to what is going on. We are…nothing more that feuding rebels without a legitimate cause. Sorry excuses for countries. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:57:30 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/christian-invaders-the-turnaround__trashed/#IDComment68334802 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-are-we-doing-here-really__trashed/#IDComment68329018 Additional Blog# 2 The end goal for soc 119 is not to get a good grade. It isn’t to get people to feel guilty about things that occurred before you even made it on this earth. The end goal of race relations is to get everyone to open their eyes and see what the ins and outs of race are. It is needed so that we can look at the views and thoughts of others. We as humans have a very blatant way of sweeping our dislike of another culture, race, or ethnicity under the rug. It is time for us to realize that the world is not completely in black and white. For once, we need to reach a point where we are no longer just different groups of people living on one plant. The goal is for us to learn how to co-exist together with our fears and thoughts about one another cultures, races, and backgrounds. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:52:55 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-are-we-doing-here-really__trashed/#IDComment68329018 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-about-the-men__trashed/#IDComment68327024 Additional Blog#1 Men may not be as quick as women to conform to the whims of society, but they do conform. Everyone will conform to something at point in their life. No one on this earth completely believes that they are perfect. However, because society points out the flaws of women so quickly and more frequently, it would appear that men have absolutely nothing to worry about. So wrong! Just like women compare themselves to other women, men constantly compare themselves to other men. Whether it be athletic abilities, clothing, shoes, intelligence, or anything, mean always running a ridiculous race to better than the guy next to them. There is always some guy who thinks that if he works out more, than he will get more women. There is always a guy who assumes that if he is sweeter than next guy, he will be looked at as a better ladies man. There is also a guy who believes that if he works harder or is smarter than another guy, he will receive more in life. Men are very insecure creatures. However, the secret to their success of hiding their insecurities is just to pretend that what another guy is doing does not matter at all. But yet, we all know that even men feel the need to fix something about themselves. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:29:04 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-about-the-men__trashed/#IDComment68327024 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/this-is-totally-off-the-hook__trashed/#IDComment66853781 Are you kidding me? These games are a complete outrage and a disgrace to women all over the world. I cannot believe that anyone when make a game that is so vile and so sick. Watching the news report that describes these videos makes me sick to my stomach. How can someone want to depict something that is morally corrupt as something fun on a video game? Women get raped every day. They have to live with the fact that a piece of their life has been taken away from them forever. They have to endure not only the physical, but the emotional and psychological beating as well. Women that have been raped or sexually assaulted in any way cannot escape this harsh reality. Now we as people are telling them that they will continuously have this thrown in their faces by using silly and demeaning video games such as these? People are we forgetting that this type of behavior is morally bankrupted? Are we forgetting that these types of games can really encourage people to engage in this type of behavior? What really amazed me about this entire topic is that some people can actually say that this does not bother them at all. They seem to believe that this topic is not that serious. It is almost as if they are saying that sexual violence against women is just the norm. It is supposedly okay. Well it is not okay and it is not fine!!!! In conjunction with that, there were two people from the news report video who feels that these games are simply that—just games. They felt that this has no direct bearing on the social content of the everyday lives of women and men in general. OMG!! This is dragging us right back to where we started many years ago. These games takes us back to when men were considered the dominate force within everything. These games force us to a period in time where women were considered submissive, docile, and completely dumb. With these games we are saying that women are nothing but emotional and sensitive creatures that deserve to be humiliated. We are saying that women deserve to be kept in bondage and trapped within the sad and demeaning world. As a female I feel so hurt and upset that a country as smart as Tokyo could even up with such technology. I feel sadden that they would want to share this with this with rest of the world, led alone their own country. Then it truly pisses me off that when asked about it, the government does not even show any remorse. They do not even care that their country is spouting such disgusting things to people. I just cannot believe this! Women nor rape should not be made a mockery of. Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:53:46 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/this-is-totally-off-the-hook__trashed/#IDComment66853781 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-about-multiracial-people__trashed/#IDComment65584076 Additional blog#2 I feel that if you identify with one side of your racial heritage more than the other, then that is the one should go with. I mean you have come to know only that part of your heritage it seems that you are comfortable there. However, there should be a time when you should explore the other half of your heritage. You may find that it just might be something there that can clue you in on the entire race situation you are experiencing. There is so much you have yet to uncover. Remember Sam is only trying to get you think about the other side of everything. He is not trying to take away years of what you know. Just work towards what you really want to know. Fri, 2 Apr 2010 18:07:48 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-about-multiracial-people__trashed/#IDComment65584076 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-if-we-got-rid-of-welfare__trashed/#IDComment65583123 Additional blog#1 Welfare is something I feel people always looked down upon. No one ever wanted to have to say that they used welfare. However, back then as well as today is very necessary. The government thinks that if they cut welfare off completely, then this will give people using and those who are not too far from using it, a push for getting better jobs and find better ways for people to take care of themselves and their families. Well I beg to differ. See I thought welfare was created so that those who have a late in the race for success could find a way to catch up. You know not fall so far behind that is seems like he or she is not even running anymore. I guess I was wrong. Welfare seems to be doing more for determining class than actually helping people. If you use welfare you are considered poor and unfit for taking of yourself and those who depend on you. Yet if you are working hard at a job that barely pays anything and you don’t take welfare, then you are being prideful and neglecting your responsibilities. OMG! There is no possible way of winning. If the government stops providing people with welfare then, more people will become homeless, have less money, have no jobs, and there will be more people with an even later start in the race. Then the government will complain how we as citizens are not doing our part, or how they just have to rescue us. I wish they would make up their minds. As far social class goes, it seems that welfare will always mean you are poor. And even if they take it away, those who use will still be poor, mediocre, and looked down upon. Those in the middle class will continue to get taxed more and more, while working hard just to get the little money they do, and the rich will continue to get richer. So I guess nothing would really change. Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:59:43 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/04/what-if-we-got-rid-of-welfare__trashed/#IDComment65583123 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/nothing-about-the-census-is-easy__trashed/#IDComment65581386 I’m Black. I’m Negro. I’m White. I’m Latina/Latino. I’m Mexican. I’m Hispanic. Then again, I do have a hint of Native American in me. I possibly am part Black. In today’s society, it has become really hard for people to even understand who or what they actually are. I mean we have absolutely no way of telling which racial team we actually play on. However, it is safe to say that society has come up with a brilliant plan to decipher all of our racial information right? WRONG! Society has been using the census longer than I have been alive. They have made changes, alterations, and so called improvements. With these improvements, we a community was suppose to find refuge in helping one another determine what we can do to make our society better overall. However, I often ask myself, how can we make our communities any better, if we all are not playing on the same team? On today’s Census, everyone seems to be confused when it comes to the racial area. There are some people who feel that they should be able to check more than one box because they have more than one race. There are also some people, particularly African American who feel that, the word Negro has no place on the census. However, those who create the census are saying no! “We have made the necessary adjustments.” “Now please out your form.” What an attitude to have right? This is just crazy! Many people say that if one just looks at the way the racial part of the census is constructed, then he or she would understand why it is the way it is. Many would say that the census people are trying their best and hardest to include everyone in the process. Now granted after reviewing the census myself, I would indeed agree that are trying to include all people of all races. But they have failed to explain to people why it seems that we are still being categorized. Also when it comes down to the word Negro, I really did not take much offense to that because I know exactly was there. For older Black people, especially those that come from the south, Negro was all they were ever called. They know of no other name. So as a result, we cannot fully place all of the blame on the census people. It does take a little work on our part. However, I would like to know what is the big deal if a person with more than one race should just so happen to check more than one box? The census people did say they wanted to include everyone. Well everyone is not just one particular race. I know it may seem as though my argument is all over the place, but overall, I am really saying that we all need to truly work together to fix this problem. It is ok for us to be upset with the census and yes we have the right to speak our minds. Yes it is fine for us to feel that we do want to be categorized into one big race. However, it is not okay for us to keep downplaying the efforts made by those who trying to help everyone. It is not okay for us to pretend to be ignorant or oblivious to reality of race in general. It is not okay for us to be so damn separated. Let’s work together and hopefully we can figure this all out. In the end, nothing is perfect. Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:44:07 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/nothing-about-the-census-is-easy__trashed/#IDComment65581386 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/if-men-could-menstruate__trashed/#IDComment64259226 Additional Blog#2 If men had periods, I do not think they would be able to last a day. They would ready to hand it back to women the first chance they have. They would not be able to handle the constant bleeding, the bloating, the cramping, or the emotional rollercoaster ride that comes with having a period. However, I do think that men would have a new found appreciation for women. They would understand just what woman goes through and how painfully annoying it can be. I think that men do not talk or want to know about periods because they think it is nasty and dirty. They figure I don’t have it so why should I care. However, when women begin to go crazy and have attitudes with them for no reason at all, they like to complain. LOL…men and periods, they just don’t match and probably never will. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:25:47 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/if-men-could-menstruate__trashed/#IDComment64259226 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-are-all-of-you-thinking-about-asians__trashed/#IDComment64258571 Additional Blog#1 I cannot speak for everyone, but for myself personally, I think Asians and Asian Americans are pretty cool people. Growing up, I encountered both Asians and Asian American people and I can say that although they have similar beliefs and cultural upbringing, they also very different. Now as a little girl, I will say that I would hear various stereotypes that would categorize all Asians be the just pure Asian or Asian American as money hungry, rude, very business oriented, great at science and math, and so forth. However, I never took heed to any of these stereotypes. I wanted to see for myself. From what I have encountered, some of the stereotypes are true, but many are not. To me Asian American are more into the American culture. I think they dress in the more urban and preppy type look and speak with less of an accent, and are incredibly smart, funny. At the same time I think there are Asians that are more cultural based, very business oriented, and skilled in various backgrounds of types of work. However, both groups are very smart, funny, diverse, and skilled. To me they are just people at the end of the day. They are human beings just like all of us. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:18:51 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-are-all-of-you-thinking-about-asians__trashed/#IDComment64258571 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/in-her-own-words__trashed/#IDComment64257268 Being a human being is never easy. We constantly wonder what people think of us. How they view us. What they feel about us and why they even these feelings about us at. With all these thoughts and ideals, a person could go absolutely crazy. However, for a woman, these thoughts consume our minds every second, every minute, and every hour of everyday. We never get a break from the criticisms of people. We never get take a break away from ourselves. Women, in my opinion go through the most terrifying, most outrageous, most beautiful, and most heartfelt experiences. We learn more in a month then what most men learn in a lifetime. However, the most controversial topic among men and women today, is the menstruation of a woman. So every 28 days most women should expect of visit from her Aunt Flow, the red demon, the big red, or any of the other cute little pet names we have for the period. During this time a woman sheds the lining of the uterus and drops one microscopic. She is beginning a cleansing period which provides her with a fresh new lining in the uterus. With this fresh lining within the uterus, the woman will now be able to hold and produce properly for the eggs she with then reproduce the next month. Sorry, I did not mean to lecture, but for most people, I think the explanation was truly necessary. Now if I wanted to play the captain obvious game, I could have just simply said that, every month, most women bleed constantly for five to seven days. However, there was no need to explain that because that seems to be the only things that people already know. But what most people do not know is that the period is a part of a woman stepping into her place in the circle of womanhood. They do not know the pain that a woman experiences mentally, physically, or emotionally. Then again, how could we all know this information about periods when most of us including women, spend so much time avoiding it. I do not just blame men for making a mockery of this nor do I blame them for not understanding the period. Now I do blame men for not trying to take the time to understand the period and who want to stay in the dark about all of what they do not know, but still claim they know everything there is to know about women. However, I blame women that constantly let these men keep them down about the period. I blame the women who pretend that this does not happen to them every month. I blame women who just completely ashamed of this precious voice they have fuming inside of them. A period is a gift, not a burden. It is the gift the helps women to bear the future men and women that will go on to do great things. It is our stepping stone into womanhood. It is our pass into a whole new way our seeing things in the world. IT IS OUR VOICE! Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:06:40 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/in-her-own-words__trashed/#IDComment64257268 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/is-anyone-else-getting-this-stuff__trashed/#IDComment63053169 Additional Blog #2 I agree with the young lady in the blog. Thanks to Laurie Mulvey’s book Making Peace Between the Colors, I think that a lot more people will begin to take heed to what Sam is saying about placing yourself in someone else’s shoes. Yes at times it will be hard to imagine yourself in someone else’s shoes because you are not them. But if we as a people, a whole learn to have genuine empathy for one another, a lot of the trouble between the different races could be avoided. Let ago of those silly stereotypes. Trying to understand one another’s race or one another overall is the true key to successfully understanding race relations as well as having a better world to live in. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:19:22 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/is-anyone-else-getting-this-stuff__trashed/#IDComment63053169 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/does-this-rudeness-thing-cut-both-ways__trashed/#IDComment63049032 Additional Blog # 1 So the question basically is rudeness just plain rudeness. Well to me, it is. Anyone who makes a comment that is offensive or that could possibly offend someone is surely rude. However, the person asking really wants to know why when we are in Soc 119 it seems that when white people make rude comments they are the only ones that seem to get chastised and not black people as well. This is not true at all. I think that both parties get chastised equally by the professor. However, the reason why it seems that the uproar about comments are one sided is because we as students do take the time to step up and say something about the overall rudeness. Some of us are still so busy holding on to these senseless stereotypes about each other’s races, that no one can really see that anyone, whether they be black, white, blue, purple, or whomever are in the wrong for any rude comment that is made. OMG! We need to stop making everything so Black and White. Rudeness does not have a color. We all just need to stop being rude period. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:08:16 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/does-this-rudeness-thing-cut-both-ways__trashed/#IDComment63049032 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-happens-to-multiracial-people__trashed/#IDComment63045395 Black or White? Choose a color, any color. Well there are only two colors to choose from. How does it feel to be Black? How does it feel to be White? These must be the only two colors that exist in the world. These could possibly be the only two questions anyone in the world will be asked. I guess this happens because most people only see the world in Black and White. Wake up people! The world is not completely in Black and White. There are many shades of gray. However, so few of us know this because we are only concerned with those of the Black and White color scheme or pattern. Every day the discussion about black and white people is set forth. It seems as if that is the only conversation people are willing to have. No one ever discusses topics that are of more concern. Well it is time for that to change completely. Black and White people are not the people who reside in this world. There are many other races, colors, and people. It seems that in today’s society, if one is not completely White, then he or she is considered to be Black. Now the last I checked, everyone had their own race and color. How can we just simply disregard who they are and where they come from just because we want to continuously live in this two color fantasy? When in our Soc 119 class we are a series of questions that only pertain to people of color and white people. However, we never, myself being included, never stop to think about what those of mixed heritage have to say about the topic of race relations. According to the blog question or statement, someone in our class is both White and Puerto Rican. However, when asked to answer a question that was directed towards white and black people, he could not decide how to answer. He did not know which side to identify with more. Wow! To just hear this makes me sad. It makes me wonder how those of mixed heritages feel when they confronted with a question about race. Do they disown any part of their heritages or simply embrace them both? Then again how can they know how to feel or what to embrace? We as a society are constantly forcing them to choose sides. We make them feel that since they are not of the so called two dominant races, then they are nothing. This is terrible. We need to speak up more about people with heritages. We need to learn more about them. They should be able to feel a part of this world just as much any other person. They are the shades of gray that we need to start seeing. They are not to be disregarded. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:53:31 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/what-happens-to-multiracial-people__trashed/#IDComment63045395 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/are-whites-the-only-people-willing-to-humiliate-themselves__trashed/#IDComment61783634 Additional Blog # 2 I do not think that White people are the only ones who are willing to humiliate themselves on television. I also do not think that they are the only ones that should get the lime light either. However, I think that television show producers are not really interested in who gets the lime light, but more so why people are getting and how people are getting the lime light. Most people in world are white as we all probably know. On television, it is more frequent for us to see white people on dating shows and other happy shows because they are so suppose to be happier and more understanding people. They are supposed to have better moral values than people of color. On the other hand people of color only get the lime light when we commit a crime or have done something wrong it seems. However, every now and then producers will throw in a person of color, so the demographics will look ok and so that “Everyone” is represented “Fairly”. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:11:12 +0000 https://www.racerelationsproject.org/2010/03/are-whites-the-only-people-willing-to-humiliate-themselves__trashed/#IDComment61783634