November 4

This week’s discussion about race was very enlightening. As a Caucasian in America, I can note sympathies with experiences involving race but that does not mean I don’t empathize. Racism is a huge problem in society and it needs to be fixed. However, with all the discussions and Prof. Serrata’s story, I began to think about what would happen if everyone just stopped talking about race and pointing out how people look different? If we stopped talking about it would the divide between the races disappear? Would the new generations never question it? Or would they still question it? These are all hypothetical questions that probably won’t ever be answered because of how involved race is with culture and society. Also, by no means do I think we should just stop talking and learning about things like the slave trade. Slaves are a pertinent part of history that needs to be learned about in order to understand the dark side of the part. 
            I also found the comment that as Americans we might just be really hard on ourselves, very interesting. I remember that in high school I used to believe that Canada was a perfect country and America was pathetic in comparison. However, after meeting someone how was from Canada and hearing her stories I learned that it wasn’t perfect. This was very eye-opening to the fact that other countries have problems that we don’t hear about.

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  1. Ben KaczmarNovember 5, 2021 at 8:26 AM

    I love your idea that racism could be diminished for future generations if we don't talk about it! If we stop pointing out differences between each other, we'll be more united. I don't know if you've ever seen it, but Morgan Freeman made comments very similar to yours about race in an interview years ago. Your post reminded me about that interview and brought back some memories!

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  2. Médar SerrataNovember 9, 2021 at 7:52 PM

    Thank you, Victoria, for your post. What you write about what would happen if people would just stop talking about race reminds me of what happened in Cuba after Fidel Castro's Revolution. Indeed, under Castro's dictatorship nobody would talk about racism in Cuba anymore. The Cuban government insisted that the Revolution had put an end to racial discrimination. The fact is that racism continued to exist in Cuba and remains a problem today. One only needs to look at how many Afro-Cuban people there are in the government. The United States is by no means the only country where racism exists. Fortunately, it is a country where people can talk about it openly and hope that a solution is possible.

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