White Like Me

Today in class we watched a documentary called White Like Me by Tim Wise. What I saw in the video were horrific ways of thinking that were projected by many vocal white americans. To me it is amazing and difficult to see negative culture like this alive and well in my generation. This amazes me because of the progress we have made as a country to be able to get back to this low level of thinking. It is difficult on me because I have many friends of other races who undergo this type of treatment every day without even realizing it. The stats do not lie and the fact that many African Americans are so poorly treated for little to no reasoning at all still baffles me. The fact that white people are the majority in almost all benefits and the majority in poverty but still the issue is portrayed as a "black" issue. Being able to see the real life examples rather  than media portrayals really can touch someone in many ways. I hope every student is able to see a depiction of this in ways that our class has been able to see. This would give a better understanding on the issue to many younger people and be able to talk about issues in a non racist issue.