However, there are stereotypes floating around about certain races. They're there, hidden in plain sight. For instance, the group that I hang out with consists of mostly Latinos and Filipinos, and I usually hear jokes about Border Patrol directed towards the Latino half of my group and how that because I'm in cross country, Border Patrol can't catch me.
Your race does not really define who you are as a person, so racial comments and stereotypes should cease to exist. But that is not the case, people still tend to make stereotypical remarks because everyone has a little bit of racism in them, as stated in the article, Exposing Hidden Bias at Google.
Obviously, I'm not offended because I know I'm being messed with, that's just the way my friends are sometimes, and that's what makes these stereotypes okay at times. These jokes don't get out of hand at all because we have common sense. We can coexist with others who are not like us, and we don't really judge people by their skin color as much as before.
Having the ability to befriend people who are more diverse than you are is also great because you can learn more about their culture, as in what foods they like to eat or what music they like to listen to.
Overall, interacting with people of different race is what holds our society together. Once we lose the strong bond we hold in this community, Mira Mesa will never be the same and it will change for the worse.
I agree with with you are saying. If you were to be offended every single time you heard a racist comment about your race, then you wouldn't be able to get far in life as they are very common. Racist jokes are not meant to be taken seriously. They are just there for a quick laugh, and sometimes, people say them selfconsiously without thinking about it. Nowadays, everyone makes fun of each other for the most part in a playful, non-serious manner and racist jokes are no exception to this.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your statement that interacting with other people of different races is what holds our society together. I also enjoyed how you added an anecdote to further develop your arguement. Overall, you pointed out very important facts about racial comments and stereotypes and how we can coexist with others of different ethnic backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post. Your personal experience made your post engaging to read. I agree with many points you`ve stated but I especially agree with the end of your post. Not only is being friends of different races beneficial to allow you to learn more about other cultures but also sets you for the real world. Learning things about different cultures could also help you with school, if the topics are similar. If races had never interacted with one another, our world wouldn`t be the way it is. We wouldn`t have advanced in the many fields such as technology, medicine, etc and maybe even exist.
ReplyDeleteYour post is truly relatable to my own little clique or group of friends. Together, they joke about each other's race in order to poke a little fun at each other and connect with each other. You are right that a "common sense" is required for us to handle it in a friendly manner without taking it to heart. I'd rather not joke about races since I'm never really to certain about what effects may come out of it, and, as a result, I'm usually distant when it comes to these jokes. Recently, however, one of such friends may be taking to heart now due to how much people are beginning to play with her with jokes concerning her ethnicity. It goes to show that even friends can be subject to pain resulting from stereotypical jokes that were only said with friendly intent. Like you said, "interacting with people of different race is what holds our society together." It can serve as a fragile or truly hardy bond that, but it will always deteriorate under the effects of racism or stereotypes. Be it friendly or not, everything has an impact.
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