Thinking back to Bloody Sunday we see how racism and discrimination was so vivid only 45 years ago. The fact that such violent discrimination took place less than 50 years ago sends chills up my spine. Knowing that my grandma, my mom, and my aunt had to endure such discrimination which was especially strong because they grew up in the south, makes me look at them which so much respect because even though white people abused them they don't generalize and dislike all white people. I know this can be hard for some people but now we black Americans aren't letting our traumatizing past haunt us anymore; we're now trying to move forward.
People think that we've come so far because we have a black president, but if Obama was really dark skinned it probably would be even harder for some white people to respect his authority. Some white may not like the feeling that some that is a minority and supposedly "beneath" them is now above them and they must answer to them.
We've took some pretty big steps, but we have a long way to go.
People think that we've come so far because we have a black president, but if Obama was really dark skinned it probably would be even harder for some white people to respect his authority. Some white may not like the feeling that some that is a minority and supposedly "beneath" them is now above them and they must answer to them.
We've took some pretty big steps, but we have a long way to go.
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