Anger, hatred, prejudice, and disgust, these are the feelings that consume me daily when I witness racism. Racism floods our schools, government, and work place daily. The harmony of life is quickly snapped by one dirty look by another race, or racial slur. The river of justice is blackened and infected with the injustices of racism. Many historic figures stood for the destruction of racism, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Junior, and Gandhi, yet it still rears its ugly head daily.

Through all of these attempts to halt this disease of a habit it still hasn’t changed. Where racism is most commonly and blatantly seen is in our backyards. My whole life I have seen my own race, through all of the diversity that has taken place in the last fifty years, turn a blind eye to the importance of racial diversity, and cultural acceptance. In my AP U.S. History class there is a clear and defined line separating the class not by race, but by those who refuses to accept other races. Half of the class is an aristocracy of whites who were never taught by their culturally ignorant parents to not see in black and white. The other half of the room displays the culturally acceptant whose parents may not be culturally acceptant yet their free thinking kids refuse to see in black and white. Along with this great divide come drastic differences between personality, common interest, and attitude. The aristocratic side is stuck up, narcissistic, materialistic, and refuses to accept anyone that does not share these same views. The racially color blind side is filled with open-minded, knowledgeable, and caring for anyone, even the aristocrats.

We need to stand as one and educate these children on why racial diversity, racial acceptance, and cultural acceptance is important. There is still a very strong white aristocracy throughout the United States. Their parents lived through the great age of Cultural Revolution but still taught their children that to be successful you must stay true to your white roots. As this generation progresses through college and into the work force, it must become racially accepting. Many have lived their lives thinking that whites are better than any other race. That state of mind is not culturally, politically, or anywhere near morally acceptable anymore. We should feel sorry for these deprived children because they will fail in life under this mind set. They are set up for failure by their parents and it is our obligation to save these lives. As long as we let these ignorant whites stay ignorant their anger, hate, and blame will be pushed on other races.

As we all know racism is not just black and white, it comes in all colors. In all countries there is tension between races. The best way to stop this is to change yourself; I can’t fix you and change your philosophy. When you have a negative outlook towards cultural diversity it tends to rub with those around you. Except that there are other races in the school, work place, or world that deserve the same chance you have. They best thing that you can do is fix yourself. Don’t worry about others and just make sure you are doing the best you can to improve your cultural knowledge. There are multiple organizations that can guide you to help spread this mindset: NAACP, The Fund for Constitutional Government, and the Free African Society.