Crash.

Watching the film crash was VERY eye opening and I really enjoyed it because it focused on more than just one issue. It didn’t just define the problems between blacks and whites, it focused on many more races then just those. . I definitely had seen some movies like this and so this wasn’t completely news to me. Being somebody who has skipped around from town to town as a child I have had different insights on how people look up to people and how some look down on others. Especially living in El Paso, Texas on the border, anybody who was white seemed to have an attitude that they were the superior race because a lot of the people that were darker skinned had the lesser jobs.

Accessories I have noticed matter a lot on America. If you own nice clothes, nice jewelry or a nice car you feel better then the person who is wearing sweats. That is why owning these things matter so much to us. When I was coming home from Bolivia this summer I was wearing, an alpaca sweater, chacos and my Bolivian pants of many different colors. Walking through that Miami airport I felt like I had many eyes looking down upon me, judging me, all because of my clothes. While I was traveling this summer I learned a saying, “Aunque la mona se viste de ceda, mona se queda.” It means that you are what you are! We are who we are! It isn’t what we own or what we look like. You have just got to be yourself!

Racism is a smart thing to realize and better understand because it has been present for the longest time. It has gotten so much better and we still have so many improvements to make about it. Just being aware of how you look at somebody or how you are judging them in your heads is a start. If we are more conscious of how we treat other people and focus less on being the best of the best we could all work together and live together without feeling superiority towards anybody.