Ethnic Notions

This video based on racial discrimination was a huge eye-opener to me. I knew that the way certain races were treated was a very horrible thing, but there were some things in this video that I would never have imagined. One thing that not only confused me, but frustrated me was how blacks were portrayed in movies and television shows. Even if the smartest, most proper black man was to be portrayed, the white society would probably have shown them as idiotic and uncivilized. Then, when blacks were allowed to act as themselves in films, they had to make their faces "blacker" by putting soot on them. I don't understand why white filmmakers would make someone who is already black, do that to themselves. I think something like that is very degrading to not only blacks, but all different ethnic races. What disturbed me even more was that the white society had the nerve to discriminate against black children in the ways that they did. Their ideas of the African-American children being dirty and inhuman should not have resulted in pictures of them being eaten by animals such as alligators. These pictures of Black children trying to escape from savage animals should not have existed, and nevertheless should they have been on a postcard. The fact that people would actually buy these and want to send them to others is something that I will never be able to understand. Discrimination against different races and ethnic groups is something that personally makes me sick. Not only was it existent in the past, but it still exists today. Everyday I hear stereotypes being made against Blacks, Mexicans, Asians; it is not okay. I do understand that the white race has privileges that others may not, but just because whites may hold power over them does not give them the right to treat others the way they do. As much as I wish that I could remove these horrible actions, I know that I will never be able to completely remove them. However, I will do my best to keep it out of my personal life and my family's.