Racial Tension

Unfortunately, honestly totally unfortunately, I was unable to see the racial panel because I was out of town. I was really looking forward to it. However, I really enjoyed the number of discussions we had about race last week. The video we watched on the case and riots were really eye opening. As we discussed in class, I found it really interesting to think about it from the rioter's perspective. I talked about it with my mom at home afterwards and it is so true, that although, as a white teenage girl living in an affluent area, I think what the black people did was crazy and uncalled for and so dangerously far. When I stop and think about what they were facing, it honestly makes sense. How else would they be able to progress forward and improve their situation. If they just spoke, there would be little to no action taken and their would still be policemen beating them up for no reason and judges and juries ruling against their favor. I think that race was a very interesting topic to study because it is something that we all deal with and experience everyday no matter our skin color, especially in the melting pot of the United States.