The most interesting question in this article to me was is it racist for a person of any color to us the "N' word? As we go through our everyday life we often here African-Americans calling each other the 'N" word and laughing about it like its no big deal. On the other hand if a white kid had said it to one of the African american kids that white kid is automatically racist in every African american kids eyes. I'm not saying that its not racist if a white kid says it but it should be considered racist if anybody says it regardless of skin color. The word was used to put down slaves and make them feel inferior to the white man back during slavery. Nobody should use the word because it is racist and derogatory and it makes everybody look bad.
Another question that i found interesting was is it racist for a white cop to pull over a black family because they happen to be driving through a white neighborhood? This question is hard to answer because it really depends on the cop. If the cop is a racist white man then this action is racist but in my opinion it could be a lot of other things. The cop may have thought the car look suspicious because he had never seen it before and he was just trying to protect the neighborhood he patrols. There is no reason to think that the cop is racist because he pulls over a black family. If he feels like there is something suspicious going on he has the right to stop and check it out and protect the people he serves.
A third question that caught my attention was is it racist for a white man to forbid African-American nurses from holding his newborn baby? This is very obviously extremely racist. A white man is forbidding a nurse to hold his baby just because the color of his skin. Every single nurse has to go through the same training and schooling in order to become a nurse. There is no reason other than racism for a white man to forbid a black nurse from holding his new born child.
A fourth question that i thought want really a racist thing to do was is it racist for a high school homecoming parade to feature a float with a tepee and an “Indian maid” with a feather in her hair to celebrate the school’s athletic teams that are known as the Braves? If the school has an Indian for a mascot and a team logo they are celebrating the heritage of the Indians that were here before us. I think that doing this shows more pride in having the native Americans here and honors them. It does not show racism or hatred towards them. A perfect example of this is the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves in the MLB they are not racist for naming their teams after the indians who were here before them.
The last question that i read that i thought a lot about was is it racist for a particular group of people to be economically and socially isolated in one part of our community? In most communities that are around here we are separated by the color of our skin. Mostly each race lives in a certain area with the rest of that same race. I thought a lot about this and at first i thought it was racist because we should all be integrated and have equal opportunity to live where we want. Then I realized it really isn't that racist that we are all separated because we still share many things. If something bad happens in the community as a whole, everybody comes together no matter the color of their skin. Also in many situations there are programs to integrate the schools and all the kids grow up as friends with each other. I realized that we are not really separated in the community, the only thing that separates us is where we decide to live.
