Race

This week in Soc, we talked about Race. I had no idea that race really isn't biological. We have learned at such a young age, we categorize race. But why do we do this? I think that it is a reason why there are big racial problems in the u.s. today. Walking down the halls of SHS, you probably hear people talking and making racial jokes. Without even realizing, we are categorizing blacks from whites, or whites from hispanics, or blacks from hispanics. ect. Their are so many more ethnic groups out there that we don't even talk about. In class, we did an activity where we saw a person and put them into a group based on what they looked like. At first I kind of felt awkward because i felt that i was judging them based on their skin color. In the end, our class was totally wrong about putting people where they belonged! It was funny to see how wrong we were, because we thought that this dark colored girl was considered black, but really she was asian! We shouldn't treat people differently based on their skin color. Everyone should be created equal, but that is obviously easier said then done.