"Racism" is being screamed all over the country about the "Jena 6" but no one is giving a solution.
If the "solution" was to start with "you" are you willing to step up to the plate?
And do what?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/20/jena.six/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
2007-09-20 09:35:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
"Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me..." I grew up in Chicago, in a lower middle class area and we were kids! Not white kids or black kids or mexican kids- just kids.
It started to become more divided in high school with gangs and ethnic groups pulling into themselves- all colors. I still hung with my friends but we all got pressure from the different groups and even some of their parents!
As a mom with kids, I live in a racially diverse neighborhood. The family on one side was born in India, the family on the other side is black, across the street is a family from Mexico, one from the Phillipines and one from Korea. And that is just my 11 house court! We ask questions, we learn about our differences, we share food and watch over our kids together. I am Italian and the kids on the street love when I make pasta!
So yes, I am trying. Learning about and respecting our cultural, ethnic and religous differences is bringing us closer together as human beings.
2007-09-20 12:44:24 · answer #1 · answered by dizzkat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am white. Until I was 7 years old, the only playmates I had were black. We were all stupid and didn't yet know (none of our patents ever told us) that we actually hated each other, so guess what - we liked each other. Respect was always a big thing with my dad who was what is known as a "sharecropper" and I grew up thinking like my dad. I worked for a time as a representative for a tobacco company selling cigarettes. My territory was in a very poor part of a large city. In my job, 90% of the people with whom I had contact were black and I never had any sort of problem. We joked, we exchanged stories, we conducted business, and we enjoyed each other's company. I could have been a jerk, so could they, but we did just fine and even though I no longer have that job, I still ocassionally see some of those people and it's always like a reunion when I do. It's all about respect. You give it, you get it. - and it doesn't come in colors.
2007-09-20 17:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The solutions to racism begin with prayer. I think Martin Luther King would agree with that. Unless you have God on your side in something like racism you can get no where simply because you have to rise above human frailties like bigotry and prejudice in order to win. It has to be a win win situation, not a win lose standoff that sits back and waits for the next uprising. It takes everyone working towards goodness not so much in themselves but in the other people. "We shall overcome" on both sides of the racial issues when we are able to rise above our individual selves and love the people we think are the enemy.
2007-09-20 20:10:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
education is the start with any great process!
I try to do my part within the community and with my family. I have no control over what people get out of it, but I can control what I choose to do about it!
great question!!
2007-09-20 17:14:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I already have. By accepting people for who they are, and speaking out against ALL wrongs. Not just the ones committed against me or people like me.
2007-09-20 18:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by Semp-listic! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It starts with truly believing in equality!! There is no place for racism in these modern times!! Wrong is wrong and right is right no matter what color you are!!
2007-09-20 18:05:14 · answer #6 · answered by Ginny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely,I did a long time ago by not being racist myself.This is the only solution.
2007-09-20 16:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋