“We judge others instantly by their clothes, their cars, their appearance, their race, their education, their social status. The list is endless. What gets me is that most people decide who another person is before they have even spoken to them. What's even worse is that these same people decide who someone else is, and don't even know who they are themselves.”
― Ashly Lorenzana
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde
“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
― Bette Davis
“If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."
(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)”
― Albert Einstein
WARNING BEFORE YOU READ:
“If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.”
― Roberto Bolaño, The Insufferable Gaucho
Race is a part of everyone's negative mentality! Many young people do not understand what race is or understand why it impacts everyone, in every gender of every ethnic group. What this means is that there is a meaning of race that affects all humans because they are considered "not equal." Race is something that is made up and used for the wrong reasons, resulting in negative side effects, especially for girls.
Many young people do not understand what race is and what racism can do to a person. Race is something the Europeans used to rank human beings, judging everyone by how dark or light their skin was. It started when Europeans were trying to take over trade and lands around the world. The Europeans used a ranking system. What this means is that race is a part of human mentality. In the beginning of time there was no such thing as race, there was just human beings. Of course there was animals and plant life, but intelligent life on Planet Earth are HUMANS. There is no difference between the so-called races of Black, White, Asian, or Hispanic in anything. The only difference is that everyone on earth is different, everyone is a unique person. So many people that live on this earth do not understand this and take race to the level that Europeans had during the 1500's. Racism is that level. The level where, instead of uniting us as the Human Race, it divides us and destroys us. Young people believe race is real, that there is a difference between all of us, and that not being White-or any certain race they favor-is wrong or horrible. Racism is something that exists because of all the racist "jokes" and offenses against anyone who is (most times) non-White. This is how race and racism becomes real. It all becomes real because many are killed for it or not given equal rights for it; these people include all people because racism creates hate and is that hate targets its creators. For example: if a Hispanic person is racist towards a White person then this White person starts to hate the Hispanic for being unfair. This escalates to hate between each other and the White person starts to fight back. This has happened before. Slavery has made many "Black Americans" hate Whites for enslaving their "people." Then, there is the racism Hispanics receive for being "immigrants." They are called this because they were not born in this country or because their parents were not born here; this is just the result of ignorance because the USA is a country full of immigrants (Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, etc.)
Yes, it is quite possible that there is a difference in how each gender experiences racism. This is true because you see it all over. In girls, racism is worse because girls are very high-maintenance and care a lot about how they look. Girls care about their skin texture, hair, face, and body structure/shape. This causes problems among girls. A female may want a certain hair type/style, but cannot because it is not possible for their hair. There have been times where this female tries to change the hair type, but the fact still remains, it isn't her natural hair. With men it is different because men do not give a flying fish. They may have preferences and such, but men are more relaxed. This has resulted in being true time and time again because men are not so badly judged like females are. An example would be the time a girl with curly hair would beg for straight hair. This classmate of mine would pull my hair and make fun of it and since I used to always wear it in a pony tail, she hated that. She would get mad and say things that started off with, "If I had straight or wavy hair and not curly hair, I..." That was when I saw that she truly wanted straighter hair and that insulting me was just a shelter for her feelings. She felt horrible because of her curly hair and the worst part was that she was not of my race, so she felt even worse. She confessed this to me one day and said that she wished that she was my race. I felt horrible because her being jealous of my hair was not something I expected. Additionally, I always would complain about how unmanageable my hair was because it was so thick and heavy. This is just one of the ways girls experience racism, they believe being a different race (black or white, spanish or black) is better than the "race" they are originally are from. For males, the more apparent racial discrimination situation that occurs to them is because of their skin color. Other than that, they are not put down or feel bad for it as much as females.
To wrap up, race is something that negatively affects people everywhere. This makes people insecure about themselves and how they look. It seems to affect females more than males. There is only a limit to what young people know and understand about race. Young people use "harmless" jokes and do not realize when they are being rude or "racist." Race is a delicate matter and there are certain truths behind it all that get obscured because of how negative it is. In conclusion, race and racism are two subjects that many young people do not understand and is made up, but with very strong negative side effects.
“When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“People will always have opinions about your decision because they're not courageous enough to take action on their opinion.”
― Steve Maraboli
“If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.”
― Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
“Read things you're sure will disagree with your current thinking. If you're a die-hard anti-animal person, read Meat. If you're a die-hard global warming advocate, read Glenn Beck. If you're a Rush Limbaugh fan, read James W. Loewen's Lies My Teachers Told Me. It'll do your mind good and get your heart rate up.”
― Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World
“One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is proud to have grasped it: and so both do so out of vanity.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
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