By: Innocent

Innocent — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:28:13 +0000

It started with Owens an African American man wiinnng 4 gold medal in the Olympics against an aryan white who was supposed to be better in every way. Because of these wins, tests and examinations of many black athletes happened to figure out if there was a common characteristic between them which would allow them have an advantage over other athletes. But these tests and examinations showed nothing of the sort to prove why Owns won the 4 gold medals other an skill and talent. The only thing that was the same was their skin color which made them a target for peoples dislike and misunderstanding. After this the video went to a class which was looking at their DNA. They were asked who they thought their DNA would be the most similar to and when they answered it was by who was closest to their race . This also happened in our class when one or two of the students were asked who they thought would be closest to them in DNA. We keep saying that the classification of race and gender is disappearing but we did in our own class which suggests that its not, and it still is a part of every day life even though we might not like to admit it. This really made me think about how difficult is has been for any nonwhite person during the last few decades and still today even though it might not be as easy to see. If we can’t admit that classifications of race and gender are still in everyday life how are we going to be able to get rid of these classifications and see everyone in the same way no matter what their gender or race is?

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By: Innocent