One of the most controversial things in our society today is the idea of racism. It is so easy to offend someone nowadays without even trying. Anything someone says can be twisted and turned into being a racist remark.
Personally, I can use this to my advantage since I am Mexican. If someone tries to get me mad, I could turn it around and make it seem like they are being racist and get them all scared. I kind of like this ability, but I also think that minorities take things a little too far.
I definitely don’t agree with schools allowing only rich white kids in, but I also don’t agree with schools accepting a minority over a white kid even though they might be equally qualified. These are the types of things that worsen our society and keep the races separating more and more. Judging someone based on only his or her race is completely wrong; I wish racism could be erased from this world. But, I also find it amusing and even entertaining to make fun of people who act as quintessential examples of their race.
I believe in a society where it is OK to take the stereotypes and make fun of people who fall in their particular categories.
I find it hilarious when I see an African-American eating fried chicken, see a Mexican climbing over a fence, see a Jewish person using coupons at Safeway, or see a few Asian buddies rooting for Yao Ming during a Rockets game. I am anything but racist; I just think that the stereotypes that have been made are funny.
I haven’t even touched white people stereotypes. Of course, there are the typical names which they get: such as Josh, Reed, Alison, etc. Growing up, most of them get no real punishments; they get the silent treatment or get sent on timeouts. They have family meetings and discussions about their problems. Being Mexican, this stuff seems funny to me and I couldn’t imagine doing things like that with my family.
People should lighten up over all of these racist accusations that go around. There are more racist accusations now than Mexicans working in fast food restaurants. It gets old when all you hear is “You’re Racist!”
People need to just quit getting offended by words and just relax and make fun of all the other people they know. My theory is that if everybody is equally racist with each other and can take it more as a joke, the real racists will get eliminated.
I don’t know, but either way, it’s still fun for me to be racist with everybody.