Race

Race is defined as any of the traditional divisions of humankind, thecommonest being the caucasian, Mongoloid, andNegro, characterized by supposedly distinctive anduniversal physical characteristics: no longer intechnical use. Race is a part of us whether we like it or not. From the day we are born we get judged based on the color of skin we are and how we physically are. Race is not biological; although many think it is. The concept of biological race doesn't exist, unlike what people think. It's all based on perception. This week we watched a Dave Chappelle episode and saw what the stereotypical black race is like, asian, and caucasian. Our society creates these stereotypes for us like how smart asians are or how dominant whites are. We also learned how there are indeed two types of racists people out there; explicit and implicit racisim. Implicit is instilled in our brains and we don't even realize that we are being racist. It was interesting to learn about this kind of racisim because before I didn't even realize it exists. In my life, I have experienced many racisim in my family. When I was dating someone that wasn't my skin color, my family treated him differently than what they usually would act like. They didn't mean to but it was instilled in their brains that because they are a different race than we were, they should be treated differently. I disagree with this and think skin is just  a color and it shouldn't label us as a human being or define us as a person.