DarkToday we watched a movie in class on light skinned black people and dark skinned black people. The movie was based on the discrimination between the two colors. There are many tones of blackness and according to the movie there is a battle between the different shades of who is the dominant shade. Once the movie concluded we discussed it, and talked about what we thought of the discrimination and or competition between the different shades of black. After that we read out some of our newspaper articles to the class. Then we were dismissed.I read an article in a magazine that discussed the racism between blacks and whites and why it exists. When I first picked up the article and saw it I thought it was just going to be another stupid article trying to justify racism. But I decided to read it anyway. To my surprise the article was not that bad. It argued that the reason that there is racism in today’s world is due to our ignorance of the obvious. That there is no dominant race that we are all equal. Not only white people have to realize this but African American people have to accept this as well. The article also said that we as people have to stop thinking that just because someone is of different skin color that they have to be bad. More or less its saying that we can not jump to conclusions about what someone may be. For example a perfectly sane looking white male may in fact be a crazy killer type of person. Who is to say that any one type of person is more dominant than the next. This misconception is very widely misinterpreted. According to the article no one is more special than another person. The bible says that all men are created equal, so why are we under the impression that whites are the dominant race. Personally I do not think that there is any reason that one should think he is better than another, especially when you are basing it on what color skin you are. I agree with the article when i...
