Classwork 10.06.09

(1.) […] In almost every audience I address, there is someone who will suggest that racism is a thing of the past. There is always someone who hasn’t noticed the stereotypical images of people of color in the media, who hasn’t observed the housing discrimination in their community, who hasn’t read the newspaper articles about racial bias in lending practices[1] among well-known banks, who isn’t aware of the racial tracking[2] pattern at the local school, who hasn’t seen the reports of rising incidents of racially motivated hate crimes in America—in short, someone who hasn’t been paying attention to issues of race. But if you are paying attention, the legacy of racism is not hard to see, and we are all affected by it.-

I annotated this paragraph saying that the media is a big contributor to racism. This is a person experience but when i have read a newspaper or heard a police report it will say a Black Male. It also if it is a white male they would say it is just a Male... I have just noticed that on a couple occasions. I also read the part about school i realized that some racism goes on at our school. But most of it is friendly. I also don't think there are very many hate crimes at school but more outside of school. I think the bay area is a very diverse place though.