Caucasions vs. The rest of the World

After a rough weekend in which my Mom hated me for about a day, two of my friends got into a physical fight, Penn State lost their first game of the season, and my two year old cousin was life-flighted to Danville, this article literally made me cry. Sure, I've learned and thought about the racial hatred that occurs in the United States. I have thought about it on many occassions, especially coming from a very rural area in which about 5 people of color, 4 Indians, and 2 of Asian descent attended my high school, out of 1,040 students. The reason I say that I have thought about racial issues is due to the fact that the area in which I am from is predominantly Republican and conservative, and I have often heard people, even close friends of mine, make racials slurs or tell jokes demeaning those of other races and cultures, even my Indian friend made jokes about African-Americans and Asian-Americans.

One point brought up by Elaine H. Kim in her article, "Home Is Where the 'Han' Is", is that the media influences the American people through biased opinions and the portrayal of stories and events that are one-sided. Racism is bad enough in the United States without the help of media conglomerates, which create a globalization of racial hate by allowing the U.S. and other nations view our "opposition" as the bad guys and showing everyone that the other group started the problems. Caucasion-Americans are the ones with the greatest voice in the political scheme of things, and those of other groups, such as Korean-Americans. The United States is viewed as a land of opportunity and individual freedom, in which all citizens are granted the same rights under equal protection. Those from races other than white, are highly mistaken when they think this is the case. Upon arrival in the U.S., they will find some form of hatred at some point in their life, while others may face it almost everyday. The media fuels this hatred by making appear acceptable by blaming the problem on those from another race or cultural group. Much of the biases and judgments are spawned from misconceptions and false beliefs about a group of people that they never took the time to learn about. Ignorance is the true problem in our society of "white dominance" and cultural hate. People do not take the time to learn about, listen to, or talk about things that are different from what they know and are used to. If people realize that those of another culture or color are just as intelligent, understanding, and as concerned about political, social, and international occurences, a lot of hatred and biases may be extinguished.