Class discussion about racism

I think everyone of us are racist.  I say this because, if we walk around the store, and we see a person of different color, we think to our self, why are they here.  Or, like you said in class, if you walk down an alley way, and you see two black people or two white people, who are you going to be scared of the most.  But I personally try my hardest of not thinking about people of color when I see them.  But it was just how I grew up.  I was used to being surrounded by white people.  I went to a school that only had one black person in it and only 4 Hispanics, then I come to college, and I'm really not used to many African Americans walking around.  Yes there isn't many of them, but it's a step up from high school. 

I just went into the dentist to get my teeth cleaned, and I had an African American work on my teeth.  I was a little nervous at first, because whenever I would get them cleaned, I would always have white people work on them.  But honestly, she did a very nice job and was the friendliest dental hygienists that I've had.

So yes, there are some people that have different feelings about different color, but I for one am trying on not to pick out people of a different color than me, I am trying to look at them just like I would look at white people.  Just like the song in bible school, "Red or yellow, black or white, they are precious in his sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world" And that is what I want for this world, to treat each other equally.