http://blog.ctnews.com/steinmetz/
I really enjoyed reading this blog and also enjoyed all of the comments. But I do think that some people are being delusional. Since when has ignoring something made it go away? Observing and learning about race will not feed into ignorance, but educate and equalize. Although based on the flaws in our system, social and economic justice is hardly on the horizon; understanding and embracing are the keys to truth. Maybe if more predominantly white suburban schools threw the study of culture into their curriculums, or put any importance on it at all, then we would be able to look forward to a much brighter future generation. Kids need to learn, especially those who may never be exposed to the beautiful aspects of diversity, in order for them to adapt an open mind. There is no way for the government to institute this type of learning; they would be completely accused of all types of things. It has to happen on an individual level. But I retract part of my statement. I feel that these types of programs should not be geared solely towards suburban white kids, but also inner city kids. For African- Americans and Latinos and whoever else. Maybe kids born in the Ghetto who don't know any other kind of identity, similar to the way a rich white girl may not know anything other then what she has been born into. So without continuing to be completely redundant, teach! Educate! Expose! Embrace!
But I don’t have the answers to anything. Who knows what it takes to break stereotypes. Maybe with all the fake tanning white people do their bodies will evolve, and they will be born with more melanin in their skin, then everyone will be colored!
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