How my story relates to other stories

The Eyes on the prize, Civil Rights Reader has stated a study that was done by a couple in Harlem. The couple tested race preference in children. Children are innocent human beings that are quickly influenced by their surroundings. The study showed that black children were more excited to pick the white doll over the black one. This relates to my story because the cop was similar to the children. He was influenced from childhood to be racist towards black people. His household has caused him to think he is superior to the black race. I pity his ignorance because he was unaware that he was racist in front of citizens. He is oblivious like the kids when being racist because he is used to it. Since, my parents never told me to differentiate between people; I learned to be tolerant towards everyone’s race or religion. The Sky is Gray is also relevant to my other story. When I was a child I would cry when mice were trapped. I would even cry when my father whammed a newspaper on several roaches! When I was nine, racism did not strike me in the face. I knew that people hated people but I did not understand that the world was a cruel place. I was unaware that people would actually kill large groups of people just because they were different. This is why I was constantly curious about learning habits of other individuals. The child (Jeremy) in the story is also curious and innocent. He would refuse to kill a bird. If I was in his situation I would rather stab myself with a fork than hurt a bird! Comparable to me, he would understand that white people had a cozy restaurant but he would not understand why he could not go inside the cozy restaurant. The boy closely observes the argument between the priest and the other boy. He understands the right but stays quiet. I believe that this boy was imagining himself like the other boy. It was his inner conscience that settled the debate between faith and logic. I usually have an inner conscience that tells me the difference between right and wrong.