Who Really Knows?

After our interesting class discussion today, there is certainly tons of things that were brought up and talked about that could have been discussed for days. Though it was interesting I hope that in future discussions more people talk and have something to say! By everyone talking it will give the class more things to discuss and from different perspectives.
I will say that one thing that caught my attention more than anything was the discussion of experience. When I think of people than me I think that they have been through things I have not there for have some experiences that I don't. From them I can learn about situations they have been through and how they went about doing certain things. At the same time, I am almost 21 years old now and have gone through things in life that I most definitely have learned from. Therefore in the discussion of race and discrimination I can share experiences that I feel would be important or interesting for others to hear. I guess what my point in all this is that though I haven't been through it all, I've been through enough to make certain decisions about these topics. I will certainly agree that I have much more to learn and experience with out a doubt. But I can say I know that world isn't perfect. I know that there is still racism and discrimination happening everyday regardless if I see it or not. And clearly I don't feel that I need to be older to understand all of that, or have gone through things such as the "real world" work force to understand it. But like I said, I know i can gather so much more about these topics when it comes to them and am willing to do so.
In the end, like it was said in class from a couple people, it all deals with your upbringing. Where you are from, who was around you, what you were taught all deals with how you view things and how you interpret them. Growing up and experiencing things certainly shapes your ideals and how you view things but it all stems from your upbringing. Therefore everyone is going to have different ways of see things. But, who really knows?