Living in America does not make me an American but Americanized. Young people are categorized by race and a lot of times experience racism. In some cases racism can be worse for certain genders. There are times when i wonder why when people are asked where they are from their first answer is America. If everyone that lived in America was American we would not need any type of document to prove it. which is why I do not understand why America is everyone's first choice when asked what they are or where they are from. we are not all american and young people are shown everyday how much they do not fit the ALL AMERICAN GIRL OR BOY!
Young people are beginning to realize just how imperfect our society today is. We are all discriminated upon because of our race and its sometimes even worse depending on your sex.for an example i am an African American female and i was walking home from track practice with a few friends and i was looked up and down by a Caucasian male, who commented to his friend about my chest. I asked him what he said and to whom he was referring to and he said it doesn't matter because all black girls have nice breast and butts.offended i asked him and why do you think that and he answered because most black girls either have bodies from eating soul-food or from being a slut! An African American male would not have to put up with idiotic comments like that. Which is completely ridiculous that in 2013 we still have racism and discrimination!
In the book the help one of the characters is experiencing racism for dating a Caucasian girl while he is African American. Her family not only dislikes him and proves it to him at every chance that they get but the world shows them how much their relationship is considered wrong. He experiences racial discrimination at its worst when he takes her out for a movie and is arrested for being with a white girl. Things like this do not only happen in books but in the world today. People are being jumped or beaten and talked about for who they date. Which is absurd because if they are not the one dating the person it should not be a problem!
Young people of Latino, African, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and all other ethnic groups are faced with hatred and violence because of their skin color. But yet we are the first ones to deny our culture and heritage to fit into the American dream. When in reality the American dream needs to try and fit us. If America wants to live up to its promise of freedom and equality it needs to reconsider the way it looks at different races and begin to consider everyone just American. <,idiv>
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