This post made me think about how, since the "Civil Rights Movement" is over, society just assumes that the majority of racism is in the past. Since we live in a very diverse area, we do not witness racism often, if at all. We associate racism with slavery and the Civil Rights Movement, all times that we have only experienced through our history books. Granted we know that racism is not completely diminished, however its prevalence is very unexpected. Through this post, it becomes clear that society is unaware of many racist actions that take place in our own country. Of course, we hear about many of these terrible things on the news or via the internet, and we acknowledge how wrong they are- but no one is really aware of how big of an issue it is until we see a list of them all together.
I believe that racism exists in a different way today than it has in the past. In The Bluest Eye, Cholly is immune to racism, he is so used to racist comments and actions that he is unaffected by it. Morrison writes, "Cholly heard nothing. The insults were part of the nuisances of life, like lice," (Morrison 153). During that time people were greatly aware of racism, however they chose to ignore and do nothing about it. Today, people are not as aware of racism, because it is associated with the past. However, when people are aware of an act of racial injustice they react much more effectively and it becomes a much more widespread issue. Racism surely is not worse than it has been during different time periods, but America today is definitely not as perfect as everyone may think.
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