Like Tatum, I also agree that racism still exist and is around us everywhere. Although, it might not direct racist remarks but often times, there are other ways for a person to sound racist without saying it directly; One perfect example would be stereotypes. In many settings, people place judgments based on what they hear and might treat a certain person differently because they believe in these stereotypes. These stereotypes often get traveled through many generations. By categorizing each person because of his or her past shows that our so call “diverse” but equal country not so equal after all. This surfaces a problem in our society because there are people in this world who thinks racism can only be expressed verbally. Meanwhile, if we look around, there are segregation going on everywhere. Such as neighborhoods where its dominated by one race as well as classes in schools which only attracts a certain race. These are examples where it shows that segregation continues to exist. However, is it possible to say that there is good stereotyping where it can impact a person or a race positively?
Aside from our surroundings, the media has a great impact on stereotyping and racism as well. If we look at cartoons, we can see that there are certain features that points out a certain ethnicity to the audience. This can often times be offensive to certain race and disrespectful. One example would be to emphasizes that the character is Asian, the person would be drawn to have small slanted eyes. This shows that the media is approving these stereotypes and agreeing with them. A lot of times, people neglect the fact that the media has a huge impact on their audience, including children. Therefore, this is a problem because children might become racist and not even know. One perfect example of these shows is south park. There are many stereotypes and racism that are made into jokes for the audience and people do find it entertaining. Although it is adult humor and we are able to declare whats right and whats wrong, children who watch it may think that it is normal for a person who be racist. Then the question arises, do you think that aside from the media, parents also have an impact on their children becoming racist?
I think the parents have the greatest impact on their children becoming racist if a parent wants their parent to feel or think a certain way until the child knows the difference between right and wrong they will listen to their parent. If the parent tells the child that whites are superior than blacks the child will most likely believe it, unless they know better.