Racism has been the big topic with all the news on the subject. here i pose a question some other people might be thinking: why does someone automatically judge just because of color? Everyone is human and has feelings. Hearing people talk about "blacks" in a negative way will certainly stir emotions. That is very offensive, any white person would get offended if something was said negatively about "whites". These pictures express a lot of emotion. Though these are kids, they don't know what racism is, they just see each other as people. The first saying "nobody is born racist" is very true. Racism starts with opinions. Nobody is born thinking that all blacks are dangerous, someone has to tell them what they think. In the second picture, the babies are smiling at each other! Thats fantastic; once they are old enough, their parents can tell that story and that can start a friendship. Racism is also based on appearance. The news doesn't talk about personality, the police don't sit down and talk to people before they kill.
A quote from http://catholicismandracism.weebly.com/causes-and-effects-of-racism.html
The study finds that black people may have poorer mental health as a result of two mechanisms: Firstly; chronic exposure to racial discrimination leads to more experiences of daily discrimination and secondly it results in an accumulation of daily negative events across various domains of life, from family, friends, health and finances.
There are so many pictures I could put in this post but these are just a few that i think can really inspire someone.
Important post Devyn, and great photos!
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