Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression.

The incident that recently happened in Ferguson, Missouri stirred up much controversy in the world. I was on Facebook about a week after the incident occurred one of my Facebook friend posted his opinion of the incident asking for input. I was used to continuously hearing about the Ferguson shooting, many people expressing their disgrace in regard to this incident. This particular status caught my attention because he stated “we blacks protest it is called rioting but when the whites protest it is called positive protesting” I am on the fence with the black and white racism, I believe it is embroidered. The reason that statues caught my attention is due to a broadcast on CNN reiterating the same theory. I felt that my personal feeling towards the matter were hurtful to my peers. Then it seems as though this type of incident is reoccurring in the United States with zero regard to any change for the future. My emotions were constantly up and down. Recently another shooting occurred in Missouri same scenario I became the bitter citizen feeling black and white racism is still in effect with no validity to an African American life. Black is a color, white is a color. Caucasian is an ethnicity African American is an ethnicity 

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  1. Deondara, very true about the way media and everybody views the current issues. I live in Dallas and now I am reading a lot about the man who died due to the Ebola virus. How his family feels that because he was not American, not insured, he was not treated as well as a white person with insurance would have been treated. Also the name given to the virus is based on a river in Africa but the disease is being used for racial profiling!! Children of African origin are facing strange responses in school although the virus does not choose one race over another. When such a deadly virus is taking so many lives, it is sad to see how we humans are unable to unite and make this a thing about race!!! Very sad! Thanks for sharing about the media!

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