Wednesday, July 30, 2008
(draft) future
I grew up learning the eminent cliché, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and I can say that on behalf of all the people I know. There is a reason why we have been told that over and over again in our lives. One may never know an individual’s background just by looking at them at a glance. Instead of believing that America is a post-racial society, we should make America a place where there are no more racial slurs present. I do understand that it is present in different areas such as the media, movies, and lyrics written by different artists. Racial slurs are sometimes used as jokes and not taken seriously yet they are a huge controversy due to the fact that they offend many individuals. Racial slurs allow for people to believe that it is okay to insult someone because of their race. I believe you, Mr. Future President, should take strong action into changing the way we view racist insults. This means we should change the way how racial slurs are integrated in movies, songs, television series, videos, stand-up comedies, etc. When one sees a person who is insulted in these areas of media as a joke, it makes people believe that it is funny and that makes people think it is okay to degrade someone’s race. The media plays a huge role in many people’s lives and it is ridiculous how so much is a part of each and every one of us. People begin to believe things once they are repeated over and over again...(schools,education..etc)
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