3rd Hour Group 4

In Deforce it shows what led to what many refer to as the "fall" of Detroit.  It amazes me that so many bad things can happen.  I wish we lived in a world where we could all get along but that is not the case.  We are all people; it was upsetting to see the brutality that occurred in the past.  Yes, it is still going on now but that doesn't mean that everyone is racist.  I have read articles about unarmed white people being killed by black people yet it does not become national news.  There are no riots over this.  This unit along with Martin Luther King Jr. day has brought forth opinions from my peers that in some cases I find insulting.  In one of the examples for racism on a worksheet we did someone said "white people don't know when they are racist".  I did not appreciate that because I am not a racist and when I sit there after the Ferguson case and listen to classmates of mine talk about how they want to kill random white people I become almost angry that they don't understand that they are being racist.  Not all white people are racist and there are other races that are racist as well. I don't understand how it is socially acceptable for a black person to tell me that I am "such a white girl" but if a white person told a black person they are "such a black girl" it wouldn't be okay... Neither is okay.  They are both racist comments.  This is a very controversial topic that I am almost afraid to talk about  but I feel like it needs to be spoken of.  How can someone just hate a person because of the color of their skin?  Issues like this make me lose hope for humanity.  I wish that the news focused on the good of America at least more than the small amount that they do.  Then maybe people wouldn't be so hateful.