Saturday, July 3, 2010

discrimination

I live in a small town so i have not seen a whole lot of discrimination. I was working at my job at the grocery store i was putting out some more milk for the store cooler. When i got to the cooler there was this African American lady trying to decide what to buy so i set the milk down and walked down the lane and i was waiting till she left and came back down to where she was standing and i put the milk in the cooler. Later to find out by the cashier she was complaing to/ the other workers that i was racist because i was watching her to make sure she didn't steal anything. She said it was because she was African American that i was watching her. Her family is the one of a few in the town there is mostly White people. She thinks everyone racist towards her. Here is another incident i have witnessed.There was another time at a baseball game where this umpire was calling the game unfair. One team was mostly white teenagers and the other team was mostly African American teenagers. When the team with mostly white kids were up to bat the strike zone would be larger and the close plays at first would be favored tor wards them. Whenever the team with mostly African Americans was up to bat the strike zone would be smaller and the plays at first would be favor the other team. Whenever one of the African American players was up to bat he got called out on strikes and the coach came out to argue the call and the umpire threw him out of the game after five seconds. I thought that was wrong how one team was treated different than the other just because the color of their skin. I think everyone should be treated the same it doesn't matter about skin color. I see this still happening today all the time with people. this reminds me of a movie I've seen Remember the Titans when ever they go into that resturant for diner and the owner refuses to serve the two football players just because the color of one of the players skin. If teachers would educate the new up and coming kids that would make a difference.

2 comments:

  1. It is unfortunate that people drop the race card so much. For me that concept that the white man is out to get everyone is wrong. In your second story the umpire was unfair. That is not fair but still hard to say that it was because of the kids being black. No doubt there are going to be people that are racist. And yes, they need to be called out, but to drop the race card out is out of line. The world is not out to get minority groups,in some cases they are allowed some benefits and opportunities that none minority group members do not have. It is hard to say what it is like being black or hispanic and underprivledged. But at the same time we need to stop blaming so much on race. Why would it matter if you were watching the lady, if she wasn't going to steal then there is no issue. Its not a black white thing, its a job security thing.

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