Lets talk colors.

           
           

A lot of the comments that were voiced in the videos spoke on a person’s awareness (or lack thereof) of what they are perceived as and white privilege. Many of the people in the video spoke of their strong feelings for the lack of sympathy for African-Americans. A lot of them feel that in trying to compensate for the history of white exploitation of black slaves. One of the speakers clearly feels that it is not beneficial to be white, for minorities receive more benefits than he does. He claims that injustices have been happening forever and regardless of what he says black will always find a way to tell him that how he feels is unjust. This reflects their lack of education because if they were to fully comprehend how racism severely disadvantages minorities at micro and macro levels they would know that there is a lot that needs to be done to work towards it. 
            Talking about race is something tat further needs to be probed. Approximately 70% of white millennial Americans did not grow up in families that talked about race. This has resulted in very uncomfortable situation where some don't know how to act around the people that they don't interact with and have preconceived notions or stereotypes that they feel they have to walk around in a conversation. Their lack of exposure is defined even in their social networks, where 75% of Americans have few or no encounters with African Americans on a daily basis. Encounters that are made are often misinterpreted, guided by dominant beliefs about a certain race, such as the belief that al black men are violent, which creates a sense of fear among white women. Is it really fair to judge a race based on preconceived notions? It isn't rational to say that every person has an equal opportunity to make something of themselves when there is an entire system of oppression that is strictly detaining them from achieving this.  
           Colorblind racism. This is where we find ourselves. When we refuse to accept that minorities are victims of persisting impediments based on racism. 60% of white Americans believe that racial relations are good. Sixty percent!!! And are they really? NO! The world doesn't need to become more colorblind, WE ALREADY ARE. Unless one was any color other than white, they would not truly know the privilege that comes with being white and the disadvantages that we have to live with and fight against for the rest of our lives. 

           The only speaker that restores hope in me is the young man that speaks of the lack of diversity within his city. He is aware that there is no mixing of races within his city's perimeter and he wishes to have a feeling of belonging, of forming part of integration. It is disheartening to know that people continue to use prejudices and racism to further propagate segregation that hinders the opportunities of the minorities that continue to be oppressed at social, economical, and political levels. There is so much richness that we gain as human beings in the integration of various cultures. It is my prediction that with racial integration we will be able to overcome the gaps that exist in wealth, education, and the workplace.

            It is my ultimate hope that with this, the public will become educated and no longer feel that affirmative action is taking opportunities away from the “whites”. When in fact it is one of the few means that attempts to reverse the effects that slavery introduced. It is true, that today’s generation may not have in fact been the ones that engaged in the practice of slavery. The fact remains that the United States of America that we know today, was funded on the exploitation of an entire human race. Due to their work, American families have the amount of wealth that they do today. If it weren’t enough that these minorities have had to build their way up from zero, they continue to fall prisoners to the institutional racism that every aspect if their lives is exposed to.  Further, it is disheartening to know that studies conducted have demonstrates the “white’s” reluctance to live in integrated neighborhoods their discomfort with African-Americans. While these same African-Americans that have been exploited and trashed, remain willing to integrate with the whites

We NEED to talk about racism. Whats more, we need to address the history that has led to the inequalties that we see today.
There is a whole rainbow of colors out there. But we still live in a world of black and white.