We are All Racist

You know what pisses me off? The ignorance of America. I know I should be proud of my country, and some attributes really do kick ass. But our pretentious over-confidence, sometimes to the point of arrogance. Like when our logic is that because we have a black president, racism is dead. What? I don't even... okay. How does that even make sense in your mind. Humans were born with eyes, meaning whether we like it or not, we are able to see color. We are able to see the difference between a black man and a white man. It's not an opinion, it's not subjective, it's a fact, we are all born racial.

Racial, not racist. The difference is that you can see the contrast, but don't have any prejudices over which is better or worse. As we grow older however, we begin to class. It's natural. Our brains like order, we like to put things into categories. It doesn't make us mean people. That also means it's not something we can control.

From the moment we leave the womb, our brains learn to see differences. That's why we are able to tell the difference between a red crayon and a blue one. It doesn't matter if you were born in the projects or a small suburban town, you are racist. It's the same with sexism. A news story about a man raping a little girl will always be viewed as worse and more evil than a woman raping a little boy. It's just the way it is, it's always been this way, it always will. You make judgments in your head based on what you see with your eyes. What we can control, is what comes out of our mouths, and what we do with our hands.

That's number 1.

Number 2: What the hell is this notion that just because Obama is leading our country, racism is dead. It's not. And it's definitely not because some guy with a darker skin color is sitting at a desk in Washington. Our brains do not work that way and it will never be "dead", unless the world goes blind and deaf, because that's the only way we won't be able to make judgments based on our environment and our experiences. C'mon people. Use your head.

By the way, I get that this is a touchy subject. Please don't get offended... I like everyone :)