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<p>?!! What educational value does laying out stereotypes have? </p>
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<p>Your teachers are partly to blame. I blame your 2nd grade teacher for even introducing race. I will not introduce the concept of race to my kids - e.g. I’m not going to tell them “you’re _____” and that guy on the street is this and that woman on the street is this and that child over there looks to be half this and half that. </p>
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<p>It’s unfortunate how part of maturing seems to be recognizing one’s race or racial composition. Again, I will harp back to my point about race: if we were all race blind - then racism would not be possible. If Zimmerman were race-blind, maybe Treyvon would still be with us. I say maybe because Zimmerman perhaps was not judging Treyvon based on race. </p>
<p>I will add that when I was in kindergarten, people started asking me if I were this or I were that. It was not until rather recently until I started actually noticing the difference in phenotypes among people of different races. So I too was once behind a Veil of Ignorance. </p>
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<p>I guess that just comes with being a minority in America. Well, racism isn’t a one way street, but much of racism does go one way. I really feel for Middle Eastern people because they are the largest current scapegoat of America. They take it not only from immature kids but also from immature politicians. </p>
<p>On a somewhat unrelated note, I’ve always had a underlying desire to pass as white sometimes. I wonder what it would be like to be identified as white. I wouldn’t consciously identify my self as white to others, but I just wonder what it would be like to be seen as white. E.g. if my skin were of a slightly different hue, I could probably pass as white. If I were to walk into a hardware store and if people thought I was white, what would that be like? Would I be treated differently? If I were to walk into a restaurant and people thought I was white, what would that be like? I guess this explains why I have this sort of predilection for mixed people - they can, at will, identify with different heritages.</p>