Racism

I completely agree with a lot of what has been said about the final pages of Trepagnier's book, so I will not bore everyone by overly repeating much of it. I do believe that Trepagnier is not objectively analyzing her findings in her "study." After reading her book, I think that she went into this study with her ideas set and then fit her findings to what she believed. Yes, she does make a couple good points about how we should more aware of what could come across as racism in order to stomp out the sometimes "silent" forms of it. However, sometimes I think her ideas are counter-active and only further the problem. For example, as many have already noted, the idea of seeking out friendships with black and other ethnically diverse races. This seems backward to me as that instantly reverses what doing away with racism works toward. How does seeking to become friends with someone solely based on race overcome racism?

In order to truly do away with racism in this country people need to stop focusing on the color of one's skin--period. For example, as Morgan Freeman was quoted in saying, "I don`t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history." We need to stop separating people based on color. Yes, we all come from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, religions and families. Yet that is what makes up America and in order to finally move forward this needs to be embraced and now dwelled upon.