Showing posts with label racism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racism. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

You microorganism you.

What if I told you there was a big circular thang....it has this liquid iron core in the middle of it that creates a magnetic field in the middle from its spinning.
Aligning the solid portion of this circle was these tiny little microorganisms with these rather impressive brains, there were about 6 to 7 billion of them.
These brains spend everyday driving these little pieces of metal to a place where they make money to survive.
These tiny microorganisms hate each other. They do jot have to meet each other to hate each other- instead they hate each other for how they believe they got there and what color or accent each microorganism has.
They kill each other, they chirp nasty hateful things but yet... they are all the same.
So you have 7 billion people who just hate on each other....and for what REAL reason really?

Friday, December 18, 2015

Why racism in the 21st century?

I don't get it. I just don't.
Middle Eastern racism is OK
Black racism is FROWNED UPON
Mexican racism is OK, unless there's a Mexican in the room.
If you're a Spainyard, it's ok..because they were making fun of Mexicans.
None of it is OK, just because Middle Easterns didn't have a Martin Luther King or were sold as slaves, doesn't mean we can pick on them instead.
Someone in one of my classes made a comment today that boiled my soul.
In my class we divided into groups where we had to discuss issues and form a speech basis.
The group next to me has a Saudi Arabian man in their group, who got up and left in the middle of group work.
I said "why did 'so and so' (nameless to protect the innocent) leave?"
One student says "I don't know, maybe because we were talking about bombs".
I let out a ::gasp::
She said "no REALLY!"
What breaks my heart? I really think she DIDN'T get how racist that sounded.
I thought: "it would be like if they were black, and she said something along the lines of a fried chicken plate disappearing". Horribly wrong, and we know this because the person is black. 
What breaks my heart more? Nobody gets it.
Just because they are middle eastern, doesn't mean they affiliate with explosives.
Just because a guy drove a plane into two buildings who was middle eastern, doesn't mean they're all terrorists.
I have made two friends this term who I greatly respect and love, and I hate that America still won't get the horribly racist ideas about all Middle Easterns out of their heads.
We can't be that naieve, that stupid, we just shut our eyes, play the victim, and refuse to get rid of the racism and schemas that come with skin color.