What did I find interesting? February 16, 2012
I was personally touched by this article because it relates a lot to frequent conversations I hold with close friends. I found this article to be particularly interesting, because even though times have changed so drastically and people are now starting to view differences as something positive instead of something negative, there is still a lot of racism and discrimination in many forms surrounding our daily life. Cartoons, as the article suggests, are extremely efficient at teaching children to treat others differently if they do not look like most people they know; however, cartoons are not the only source that influences this atmosphere of differentiation. Our society is built in a way that many times supports the classification and categorizing of people. An example of this is “Black History Month”. History is something that we, humans, are creating as we speak. I believe that heroes deserve to be honored, but having a month dedicated to blacks is a way of supporting the idea of fitting people into categories. I believe there is still a long way to go when it comes to creating a society which completely appreciates differences; however, I also believe that educating people and teaching them how to look at differences as opportunities will be one of the most challenging situations the United States will have to overcome.
Rosaly Cuevas
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