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thecharaicters, Chelsea, is Caucasian and a red-head, so she acts dumb, is a
<br />vegetarian, and is a very liberal person. Raven,, is African - American, and is labeled
<br />with a type of music she likes, and the way she talks. Eddie is also African- American
<br />and is automatically labeled with liking rap music, i wanting to be a rap artist, and
<br />wearing pants that are ten times too big. And finally, another character, William, is a
<br />scrawny Caucasian kid, and lead to believe that', he is a, nerd, cluiet and antisocial.
<br />Now people who Ilool,,,, like these characters don't always act like that, some do, but
<br />lots ofloeopile don't. Kids watch this show daily, so when they see flow these
<br />characters arty, they are beginning to believe that everyone who looks like that, acts
<br />like that. They then take those ideas out into the public with their friends, and that's
<br />how discrimination happens.
<br />Another reason I think discrimination exists,, is how parents raise their kids.
<br />People don't inherit racism or any other type of prejudice. It is taught, and learned.
<br />Parents have beliefs of their own, and sometimies, those beliefs are put onto their
<br />kids. 'Somethings may have happened in a parent's lifetime that made them dislike a
<br />certain type of'persion. They then might tell their kids to never associate with people
<br />whio, look like that. That leads to a long line of prejudice in that family. Parents or
<br />other family members may act a certain way or talk about a certain type of person,
<br />and kids, pick up on things very easily, so they will copy that way of thinking. People
<br />just don't think about what they say around young children. Some parents also
<br />tolerate 'Jokes ly about sexual orientations like 11i Oh that's gc7y or other Jokes" about
<br />race, gender etcetera,. In most he those types of phrases are disrespectful,
<br />but f'or kids who say things like that all the time, that becomes their way of
<br />thinking.
<br />My last reason of why discrimination still exists is that, unfortunately, it's
<br />human nature. We humans are afraid of what we don't know; and we make up
<br />things so that we can understand. Many of us think that people who are different
<br />then we are, i are infer,ior to us. If the men and women who enslaved African-
<br />Americans would've known that we are no different on the inside, maybe that whole
<br />slavery time period wouldn't have occurred. Scientifically we are all the same. We
<br />have a face, a body, and a brain. But we all have different traits to set us apart, and
<br />some people aren't comfortable with that. They only like people who are like them.
<br />And yes, if we were all the same, we might not have all these prejudices. But, we
<br />would also lose the uniqueness of everyone who calls Minnesota, or the United
<br />States,, their home.
<br />While it may be too late to turn back time, it's, not too late to stop
<br />discrimination in it's path. With simple things, likie having no tolerance for hurtful
<br />"jokes 77 1 pointing out racism and bias in the media, and standing up for what is
<br />right, we can stop the pirejudice in this world�.
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