First, I want to start by sharing something I have been doing for a while. When ever surveys or tests and all that jazz show up in my life, if the question of race comes up, I don’t answer. What does it matter? Really?
So I remember back my freshman year, my Reading enrichment teacher was reading off some stats that the school had up with the different grades of races, along with the percentages in the population. I said why do we do this? Why does it matter if someone else is different. So what if one race is smarter then the other, doesn’t it just ask for more judgment in the world? She didn’t know what to say so she just said the school has to do it legally. I don’t even know if its true, but it seems like not many people think it through. With these polls, we only create more stereotype and reason to judge others.
I have this friend who is classified as Asian. She was in regular courses and told me many students wondered why she wasn’t in an AP course. They thought all Asians are smart. It hurt her feelings and made it more of a hassle to get to class because people judged her because she didn’t “fit” her race.
No matter what, internally, we all have judgments about race. We all learn to let it pass because in these times, we all need to learn to love and accept one another and celebrate our differences.
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