Chrissy

I thought this article was very interesting. It doesn’t surprise me that many Americans, both black and white almost jump to state racism still exists, but a lot fewer were willing to admit they themselves were racist. I agree that the concept of racism has mutated and become less recognizable unless a person is looking for it. Acts of discrimination and racism are much more subtle. Three parts of the article jumped out at me the most. The first was a statistic stating one of eight Americans of either race consider themselves a racist. I feel like most of the racism discussions revolve around whites being racist towards black people. This is probably because that’s the way its generally always been. But I was interested in how this article basically starting out by saying that racism occurs on both sides. I was also bothered by one of the quotes from Blair William. He said, “Another race can only respect you if you respect yourself and currently, I find that blacks still devalue and disgrace each other and themselves.” I totally disagree with what he said and the way he said it. First of all, a lot of black people don’t disrespect themselves, eachother, or people of other races. I don’t think its right at all for William to categorize all black people under that statement. It’s especially weird because people of all other races are fully capable of disrespecting eachother and themselves, too. Lastly, I think it’s interesting that people of other races besides white and black aren’t really mentioned in this article. Racism can encompass every race.

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