Culture Clash

Equality is what America's foundation is built upon, and the one word that we "swear" we abide to. The discrimination towards African Americans and Women that occurred and is still present today in some places is appalling. Every ethnicity and culture has its own stereotypes and issues. But in reality no race with every "fade away" or become obsolete in today's society. I believe that contrary to some beliefs today we are much more accepting and embracing to change and ethnicity then "older" generations that strive on a conservative mindset. They way we are raised (both physically and mentally), and the time period we are raised in greatly determines a person's prejudice and mindset. The idea that the color of my skin determines my status in the "social pyramid" is insane and the way men degrade women and blacks is also crazy. The color of your skin should not determine your superiority and all these thing that i have mentioned are also extremely relevant to schools and writing. The idea that history repeats itself is really inevitable in my mind when talking about these extremely hard topics.

On that note I was reading through other posts that had been submitted and Ian made the most powerful point that i believe really hits home with the reading that Gates wrote. He said, "The challenge is questioning a generally accepted ideal and convincing others and ourselves to maintain that ideal.It’s the only way an individual will change the norm and change the minds of the masses." This to me truly was the essence of the reading and how equality will really be achieved in today's society. The idea that everyone must be on the same page and everyone must be heard to make a change can go a long way.