Race

Again this week in class we discussed the issue of race. Our teacher had us do an interesting activity to show how we subconsciously are racist. He lined up a bunch of different balls of all sizes and colors and we were asked to put them into categories. After we did this he added more making it that much more difficult to place them in categories we had already established. This is much like our society today and how we place people in different racial categories based on the color of their skin. Realistically though there are many different skin colors and it is not possible or practical to place people into generalized categories based on the color of ones skin. This lesson really helped me open my eyes and realize that I should no longer put people into categories of "black" or "white"  and instead treat each person as an individual.