In response to what Frank said about the 'What Would You Do' experiment, I would have to agree. I wanted to expand on the point that he made that it would be hard to address racism if you have never been exposed to it. I know that at least in my experience, race has never played too much of a role. For most of my childhood 'racism' was a term that I learned from my history textbook, but not real life. It has remained something that I know has always been present in society (and still is today), but was never something to be majorly concerned with. As I am learning more, I am realizing how there are so many examples of racism in recent history, as well as present day life. I do believe, that even though I have never been exposed to real racism, I would still do the honorable thing and try to stop the racist action. However, I certainly think that, who have only learned about racism as a thing of the past, would not know how to react if in a bad situation. It is kind of the blind belief that that kind of stuff does not happen anymore that would make people apprehensive to react. I think that are just not prepared to admit that society is capable of such hatefulness. I do not think that those people who don't react are necessarily bad people always -- rather they are good people living in a false reality and unprepared to act.. Denial.
Meredith Cotter #22
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