Racism is one of the biggest problems in at DeVry. It is used in so many different ways that many people are not aware. When will there be an end to this, many of us may wonder. In my opinion, it will go on forever. There does not seem to be too many people at DeVry who really want to put an end to this controversy. Most of us do not realize how serious racism is and what it is doing to our school. In addition, if students do not begin to realize the seriousness of racism, it just may go on forever.
Minority students continue to struggle for equality, many racist white students feel that minorities does not deserve to live as well as them. They do not want to see them accomplish anything. Moreover, they will do whatever it takes so that minorities will not succeed. Instead of minorities standing up for themselves and making it their life dream to accomplish something, many of them settle for less. Although they have to work harder to make their dreams reality, it is worth the time and effort.
I have come to notice many racist people at DeVry are not well educated. However, they tend to think they are because their skin is a certain color. To be as smart as they claim to be, they are not aware of the ignorance racism brings about. They do not understand the problems it brings forth in our school. If they were actually educated, they would find a way to get rid of the problem.
Many racist people do not understand how ignorant they sound when they say the reason they hate blacks is their skin color. They call them niggers and try to degrade them to the best of their ability. As being an African American, I do not get offended. Many of them do not know what a nigger is. They use the word as if it was another way of saying black. If they knew the proper definition, they would realize from their foolish behavior that they are prime examples of the word.
When many people think about racism, they simply think about someone not liking a group of people because of skin color or their cultural background. No one actually thinks about the other things that go along with it. We are all human and I feel that everyone, despite race, color, or cultural background deserves the same amount of respect.
Racism is very deep. It goes further than calling someone a nigger or a redneck. Many people are racist because they were either taught or raised that way. Some may have also had a bad experience with a person of a different race. Many white students do not want to see others get ahead; they feel they are the dominant race. They feel they are better than everyone else and no one deserves to have as much as them. Although they may not have finished high school or went to college, they feel that they are more educated than those who have finished school and have a degree.
Racism is not something you are born with; it is something you learn. For many people, racism was taught in the home. Parents teach their children to hate people of another race. They teach them to say bad things and call people bad names. Are these parents right for teaching their children to hate? They may think so because this may be the exact way they were raised. However, it is wrong. Children should be able to make their own decisions about whether they want to like or dislike people of other races. The reason most parents teach this is that they know if they do not instill this hatred into their children, mostlikely, they will not have a problem with people of other races. Some parents go as far as threatening to disown or kill their children if they see them with a person of black color.
DeVry is a school that consists of people of many races, colors, and cultures. Hating a group of people is not going to make them disappear. It is surely not going to make life any easier for you or much harder for them. What we all need to do is realize that we are in this school together and learn to deal with it.
Racism at DeVry is not something that will eventually go away. It has been a part of our world since one can remember. When will we realize it is not what is on the outside that matters it is what is inside. We need to stop treating people as if they do not deserve to be on this planet. We are all the same. We may have differences in our personality but as a race there is no difference. Racism has been a steady problem all through time. Finding a cure for this would be a major step towards ending racism in general.
