Racism
Today in my seminar class we discussed the nature of race and ethnicity. We discussed many interesting things, but I ended up pondering a question brought up in a debate between Barbara Fields and Alden T. Vaughan about the nature of racism. These two academics were presenting a chicken or egg argument about whether racism or slavery came first in American History. Vaughan seemed to present some pretty compelling evidence proving that blacks came almost universally to the United States as slaves. Yet Vaughan conclusions do not prove that racism is innate or inherent in the human psyche. Racism is a construction created by human beings when we see someone as being less human than ourselves. I believe that there was a historical moment when racism was created, and ever since then, we as enlightened human beings have been trying to fight it.
posted by Joel @ 10:28 PM
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