Anderson Cooper video

      I was very interested in our discussion today about the study done by Anderson Cooper. I have been thinking about it ever since then. I believe that children are taught at an early age what is wrong and what is right. But I also believe that they are little recorders and do everything they see. I noticed how we all had similar responses trying to figure out why we act the way we do towards race. I think that even if we don't realize it we are a little racist. In the study the African American children were pointing to the white child saying that they were the nice one. What we don't realize is racism is everywhere around us, its not always what were taught or what we think. People get pursued into thinking one thing over another and they don't even realize it. We watch television, movies, advertisements, any media around us and we get brain washed. A bad guy in a movie is normally played by a African American or Hispanic person. Or there are advertisements about drinking and driving with an African American in them. Why do we put ourselves in these situations? 
    We put people in groups without even knowing. We automatically call a group a  minority, if we would have never used that word in terms of racial groups we may not have as many problems. This term puts a label on the group before you can even think of anyone as an individual.  It is interesting to think about this. I read a article about whites becoming the minority now. It was very interesting to hear that people do not want to bash white people for being the minority like others were while they were considered the minority. In the article it talked about people being aware of this and taking it with eyes wide open. This is a change that will take place i the next few years and we need to be aware of it. I still think that media will always affect the way we look at things and the bashing will not stop only because it is on someone else.


Do we realize what we are doing to certain cultures when stereotyping? How can we change the racism one step at a time? Will we ever be able to change? Will the media ever stop choosing one race to represent the "bad" in our society?


 http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/22/opinion/anderson-white-minority/index.html

Chapter

Throughout our discussions in class I really enjoyed the last class about Dr. Crafton's chapter. This has made me think of many questions that I have.  I have thought most about where we all come from and what we have been through throughout our lives. I think that the way we have been socialized through or parents and through society really shapes who we "decide" to be. I put decide in quotations because while talking to Dr. Crafton I realized that something's in my life weren't decisions  they were paths that came into my life. We don't always choose what we actually want in life. We usually choose what is right at the time. We often make decisions on impulse. This made me realize that there are so many things that I don't think through in my life and actually decide that is what I really want to do.

Readings this article " Identity, Being Young and Finding Yourself in Society" by Jack Greig was very interesting.  Greig makes me think about the way I thought while growing up. I was one of those people he describes being confused because I was dissatisfied about who I was. I was always looking for who I was going to be next and I hadn't really realized it until now. When Dr. Crafton asked me in class If chose to do the things I have done, really made me realizes that it was more of a quick decisions than a life long dream for most of the things I "chose" in my life. I also realized this while reading this article.

I have so many unanswered questions. Did I want to be at the job I am currently working  at? Why did I choose the path I have for my life? Why does society shape so much of our life?