McIntosh & Tatum Response

After reading the articles by McIntosh and Tatum I find that I have some of the same ideas as these writers as well as disagreements. McIntosh explains racism as something that most of us are oblivious to in life. She says that it is something that most of us are unaware about and do it unintentionally. She compares it to men and woman. How men look at women unintentionally as being weak and less than them. I do not necessarily think that this is true for all men. This is a very stereotypical idea. It does not apply to all men as well as racism does not apply to all white people—it exists in every race. In my opinion, racism can go both ways. Our country has come a long way since the time of slavery. It has been abolished and now African-Americans have the same rights as white people. Those days are over, it is time to move on. There is no possible way to get everyone in this country to not be bias towards their own race. Individually we have to worry about ourselves and make sure that we are not prejudice towards someone that may be different. Racism has been around for a long time and look how much it has died down since the civil war. This country has come a long way since the Civil War days. It is not something that can immediately be changed overnight. Personally, I am proud of the progress we have made. Different ethnicities are more accepted than ever. I also think that compared to other countries America is probably less racist than any other. After all we are a wide variety of culture and race. Imagine what would happen if a white person moved to Afghanistan and wanted to practice Christianity—they would probably be persecuted. Now that's racism—America’s “racism” problems are nothing compared to that. I think it is best that we all move on, forget about color and look more at a person’s demeanor than the color of their skin. I also believe that the more people rant and rave about these issues more attention will be called to them. If we are all equal then we’re all equal—Everyone, end of story!