1. We watcheda videoof a womanwhowasa verystrongbelieverinequality.She hadagroup of
studentsina classroom,some hadblue eyes,andothershadbrown.Herobjective wastoshow how
horrible itisto be treateddifferentlybasedonhow youlook.Manyof the studentsbecame offended
and one evenleft.She didnotholdbackwhenitcame to studentsfeelings.
Personally,thiswasone of the most inspirational videosIhave everseenonracism.Ihad seen
the videopriorto watchingitinclass.This didnotchange the wayI feltaboutit.This womanwasvery
cleverinshowingthese studentshowterrible racismreallyis.One thingthatreallystruckme washow
ignorantitwas to be upsetovereye color,butthe true meaningwasmuchdeeper.The studentssaw
first-handhowpatheticitwastobe pickedonforsomethingthatsimple.Ifeel like itreallyopenedsome
eyesabouthowirrelevantskincoloris.Ihave alwaysbeenafirmbelieverinsocial equality,butafter
seeingthisvideo,itonlypushed myattitude towardsit.Itrulyhope thatthe otherstudentinmy class
were able toabsorb the message the videotaughtus.Ibelievethe onlywaytotrulyeradicate racismis
to see howthe shoe fits.If a white personistreatedasbad or evenworse as some blackpeople,maybe
theywouldunderstandhowitmakesthemfeel.Myfavorite quote of all time is“Aneye foran eye
makesthe whole worldblind.”Foronce inmy life Ihave to admitthat thisisn’talwaystrue.Ithink
othersshouldhave toface the social injusticesthatmanyof our fellow Americansface everyday.
Maybe thentheywill begintounderstand.
