Racism WI#3

Racism is something that has been part of me my whole life. My own kind are not the only ones that experience racism. I have lived her in Utah most of my life and have not witnessed racism on my self as others have in other states. That does not mean that one day I will not be targeted. In the race batters video i showed that in the beginning it was racism on the whites, the poor whites that could not afford to make a living. Then it went to blacks racism was triggered to on the blacks. Now we live in a world that we though racism has been put behind us, and we started to live in a better world. I believe that we all deserve to be treated equally no matter what color your skin is. With the new leadership that we have now it seems like he is promoting that being racist is okay. It is making people think that miss treating others is not a bad thing because of their skin color. Like Mattew Cooke said "the same color red gives us all life" we should not look down at some one because of their color. We are all created equal and there for we should all be treated equally.

I am Hispanic women with immigrant parents. They are undocumented, and always live in fear that they will be deported. They came here looking for a better life, and they found it, but they also found that they have to watch their backs everywhere they go. Even I live in fear that one day I will get a call from they saying that I will no longer see them again. Just because they look different does not mean that they should be treated different. Here in Saint George we have had friends, and family members that have been accused of being illegal immigrants, just because they have the Hispanic characteristics. 

I have been in a car with a coworker and have gotten pulled over because she did not have her head lights on. They asked her all they usual question, and she complied. The odd thing that was asked of her is if she was "a citizen". That has nothing to do with the fact that her head lights were not on. She did answer him that she was, he wanted to see proof, and that was going too far. My coworker did say that she did not have to disclose that information to him, and she asked for his badge number. The officer knew that he was in the wrong and apologized, she still asked for the badge number because he did not want to give it to her. 

People assume that we are illegal because of the color of our skin, but they should not be so quick to assume, because one never knows what the situation is.