Week 6 Post B

Dear Mr. Colbert,

Latest in your book, I Am America(And So Can You!) You discuss race in America. One thing I thought provoked some thought was when you say "Racism no longer exists in America"(172). I know you are probably just joking, but I would strongly have to disagree with that. I'm not saying it has gotten better or is a good thing, but it is, unfortunately, still present. I see it quite a bit. Here is an example that is not necessarily true, or racist, more of segregation, but like how a lot of times the black kids hang out more amongst themselves, as well as white people. I don't understand why that is, possibly because it is natural instinct and we can relate to them better.
A good example of racism comes from a movie called Crash, which won an Oscar for best film. But in the movie, everyone that was racist in the beginning realized by the end of the movie that it was unfair and wrong of them, and those who believed they were the most un-discriminantory ended up being more racist in the end. And it wasn't just white people being racist against black people. It was blacks being racist against blacks, whites being racist to blacks, blacks being racist to Hispanics, whites being racist to Hispanics, Eastern ethnicities being racist towards Hispanics, and so on. It was just a continuing circle of racism, and what those people learned from it. Highly recommend it. But it is just another, really good, example of how racism works and what it's like in our world today.
Other than that, I didn't have a huge reaction to the section. It was kind of my own thoughts and opinions that evoked any thought about what he wrote. And as always, it was funny.


sincerely,
grace