The assignment today called for
our class to reflect on what we watched, read, and tested on. Today I feel as
if the basic concept of everything was racial profiling and discrimination.
Today we were in a way tested on four concepts on racial preferences and
discrimination the first is personal reflection of race, the second WWII Asian
discrimination, the third 9/11 Muslim racial profiling, and African American
Discrimination. Personally I liked the lesson and learned a lot about
discrimination, and how times were then.
Unfortunately I would like to
think times have changed since the 19th century, but it appears that every time
something bad happens to America we are quick to blame some race. The most
recent event was 9/11 and we started to question and blame Muslims in America.
Which brings me back to racial profiling. Multiple of them were targeted
and questioned on their beliefs, and other relations.
Don’t get me wrong America is
personally one of, if the not the best country to live. With all it has to
offer, and all the freedoms we are given. It’s just are we actually that free?
Any race that has been discriminated against would probably beg to differ. I
will admit we have seemed to take a large leap forward from what times used to
be like. We now have an African American President, whenever African Americans
used to not even be allowed to share the same water fountain.
