Picture this:
1. An accident on the side of the road.
2. A white man with a cowboy hat
3. An Asian man (possibly from India)
4. A pick-up truck
5. A Honda Accord
Did you automatically assume which man drove what car? I did! When I came upon this scene I laughed and thought how funny it would be if the guy with the cowboy hat drove the Honda and the Asian man drove the pick-up. It made me stop and think that perhaps I was guilty of racial profiling. Don't get me wrong, it was a very funny thought, and of course I made the right assumption. But, I realized that there are so many assumptions I could make that may be considered prejudiced. Not that all these assumptions are always true, but that doesn't stop me for often thinking them! For example, all Chinese people are good at math, all black people can dance, Jewish people are good with their money, all white women love to shop (okay, maybe that one should be all women), and the list could go on and on and on!
I guess my point is that race seems to always be an issue! Will there ever be a time when we can look at a person and never see them as part of a certain race? I don't think so! It's kind of sad, really.
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