It serves as another reminder of how incredibly racist we still are. We still judge others by race. Whether we want to admit it or not. It's better when it's out in the open - because at least then you can attack the ignorance. When it is repressed and festering - bad things happen and you can't change minds.
Also how segregated. So many people who live in suburban America have never seen or interacted with someone of another race. My high school was regrettably 99% white. I knew people who weren't, but I tended to gravitate in that direction. While in the city...there were schools that were 89-90% black. The Wire - which I'm not sure you've seen? Underlines this in S4 - where 99% of the kids in the failing public schools in inner city Baltimore are "black". While the kids who get to move on and go to college and go to the better schools are "white".
As one man I know who was heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement states...the movement was largely a failure. We are still a racist country. I don't totally agree - the mere fact that Hollywood cast Rue as a Person of Color and not a white blond is progress!
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Date: 2012-03-27 09:51 pm (UTC)Also how segregated. So many people who live in suburban America have never seen or interacted with someone of another race. My high school was regrettably 99% white. I knew people who weren't, but I tended to gravitate in that direction. While in the city...there were schools that were 89-90% black. The Wire - which I'm not sure you've seen? Underlines this in S4 - where 99% of the kids in the failing public schools in inner city Baltimore are "black". While the kids who get to move on and go to college and go to the better schools are "white".
As one man I know who was heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement states...the movement was largely a failure. We are still a racist country. I don't totally agree - the mere fact that Hollywood cast Rue as a Person of Color and not a white blond is progress!