Tuesday, April 24, 2012

When Color Does Exist


In the subconscious, one sees people and immediately judges them.  We are a judging species, with everything from color of skin to religion to social habits.  Cliques, organizations, clubs: all are formed and the popularity of each is based off the judgement of prospective members.  In history, the color of someone's skin has always been basis of how others will perceive you.  Slavery, invasions, wars: all started by the simple fact of judgement.


In history, the darker the color of the skin, the harder it was to be accepted.  African Americans and Native Americans have been at odds, because each has gone through a racial profiling, and trauma.  African Americans feel as though they have been through hell and high waters, and Native Americans had it "easy."  Native Americans were only pushed against, while African Americans were taken from their continent and forced into hard labor.


Native Americans, on the other hand, feel as though African Americans are lucky.  In contrast, there are many more African Americans living and leading successful lives than there are Native Americans in the entire country as a whole.  Native Americans were always a hard-working, strong-spirited people.  Even so, they were trespassed against and Europeans stole all they had.




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