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<blockquote data-quote="PattyS" data-source="post: 3261709" data-attributes="member: 100694">I&#039;m inclined to agree. Maybe it&#039;s because of our age that we don&#039;t see the world in the same light. While I won&#039;t argue against the point that racism isn&#039;t still rampant in the U.S.,&nbsp; I think a lot of the problems claimed (such as socio-economic welfare) cannot be contributed as much to racism as they seem to be by some people. For me there seems to be a lot more issues surrounding economic class with patronizing those who are less fortunate or poor, making these people out to be lazy or sub human which results in their current life situation. What mucks it up is that a lot of minorities fall into this class and I think that&#039;s why racism is attached and focused on so much. I would also say when people tell me minorities are in the social class they are in due to racism, I would also agree. However I believe that is due to past events that I don&#039;t think are as prevalent today. Racism caused the situation, but addressing racism as the problem isn&#039;t going to solve the problem. Opportunity for education and skill training for employment is going to contribute much more for the betterment of the lower financial class, and that is more of a money/opportunity issue then race issue in todays world, in my opinion.I&#039;m also troubled at times when I hear the race arguments from people that are around my age. For example we were going over Indian mascots in my Sociology of Sports class and how many Native Americans found it offensive, racist, and discriminating. When the topic turned to class discussion I was surprised to hear an African American student say, &quot;I don&#039;t think it&#039;s a big deal, the racism they are dealing with isn&#039;t as important as our racism today.&quot; From what I&#039;ve heard since that discussion, Native Americans have it far worse then African Americans do, and to claim that one races problems are more significant then anthers when actual welfare is supposed to be involved in both cases seems a little audacious to me.I just don&#039;t see focusing on race to the degree that it is as moving towards solving a lot of the problems it is attached to today. Many of those problems I can throw myself right in currently but I&#039;m white, so how is race involved for me? Racism isn&#039;t something that can be cast aside while saying, &quot;it&#039;s nonexistent anymore,&quot; but is focusing on the issue with such intensity taking away from focusing on real solutions to problems?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PattyS, post: 3261709, member: 100694"] I'm inclined to agree. Maybe it's because of our age that we don't see the world in the same light. While I won't argue against the point that racism isn't still rampant in the U.S., I think a lot of the problems claimed (such as socio-economic welfare) cannot be contributed as much to racism as they seem to be by some people. For me there seems to be a lot more issues surrounding economic class with patronizing those who are less fortunate or poor, making these people out to be lazy or sub human which results in their current life situation. What mucks it up is that a lot of minorities fall into this class and I think that's why racism is attached and focused on so much. I would also say when people tell me minorities are in the social class they are in due to racism, I would also agree. However I believe that is due to past events that I don't think are as prevalent today. Racism caused the situation, but addressing racism as the problem isn't going to solve the problem. Opportunity for education and skill training for employment is going to contribute much more for the betterment of the lower financial class, and that is more of a money/opportunity issue then race issue in todays world, in my opinion. I'm also troubled at times when I hear the race arguments from people that are around my age. For example we were going over Indian mascots in my Sociology of Sports class and how many Native Americans found it offensive, racist, and discriminating. When the topic turned to class discussion I was surprised to hear an African American student say, "I don't think it's a big deal, the racism they are dealing with isn't as important as our racism today." From what I've heard since that discussion, Native Americans have it far worse then African Americans do, and to claim that one races problems are more significant then anthers when actual welfare is supposed to be involved in both cases seems a little audacious to me. I just don't see focusing on race to the degree that it is as moving towards solving a lot of the problems it is attached to today. Many of those problems I can throw myself right in currently but I'm white, so how is race involved for me? Racism isn't something that can be cast aside while saying, "it's nonexistent anymore," but is focusing on the issue with such intensity taking away from focusing on real solutions to problems? [/QUOTE]

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