i chose to read the short exert written by spiegelman called "Getting in Touch with My Inner Racist" ....
i find that he has a point with this article; not all racism is intentionally taught to future. children unintentionally learn it from popular culture and the world around them, automatically placing themselves into a racial stereotype. Spiegelman's first hand witnessing of this with his children, causes him to think of his parents struggles through the holocaust(MAUS). even with the effect his parents struggle, his children still are effected by the racism in culture today.
At the end of the week
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So this week I had a huge writers block and as a writer that is never a
good thing. But today I spat out a poem and I've worked it and worked it
and I want...
15 years ago
1 comment:
I do believe your views on racism. It can be taught to children without the parents even realizing it. If you live with one race you are not used to seeing people with different races.
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