Racial Inequality Still Defines Us…

Last week in class we discussed about one of those issues everyone chooses to ignore because it isn't supposed to exist. We talked about race and how it has been taken as an excuse for injustice and inequality throughout the world. We saw a video that explained us that race didn't actually exist, and that the characteristics that make a race were practically invented by humans throughout history. It is unfair that race still creates some sort of discrimination to people who have certain traits that classify them as a certain race.

I missed school a few days so I didn't get to see as much of the video as I would have wanted to but it left me thinking about how race still defines people now a days. If you turn on your TV right now you can watch how media promotes all sorts of stereotypes about different races that aren't really accurate to reality. Since we are kids the media forms us to believe in the existence of different races which aren't even scientifically based. According to pbs.org race has no genetic bases, "Not one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all members of one-so called race from all members to an all so called race," With this I come to the conclusion that race is defined by stereotypes that aren't even real. In my opinion the concept of race has to be erased from the planet. The existence of the concept determines which physical traits are better than others and in reality there is no such thing as that.

I was looking for proof that race defines someone's future and I found this very interesting video on youtube that talks about racial inequality in the Criminal Justice System in the US. The video informs you about actual facts and statistics. I was shocked to find out that in the US if you are young, black and male you have a higher probability of going to jail than getting married or going to college. I find this completely disturbing because up to today race shouldn't exist or influence the world, but sadly it does. Here is the video…

Click here for the ling to the PBS interactive webpage about race 

Works Cited: "What is Race?." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/race/001_WhatIsRace/001_00-home.htm>.