In a world that everyone would be able to come together to come up with a conclusion to resolve the conflicts going on in this world. Unfortunately, a large amount of people are either to closed minded to understand the reality or give you a chance to talk and listen but continue having the same mentality. Since you did mentioned inequality and discrimination as one of the issues going on in our country. There has been plenty of groups forming, killing innocent lives, without really truly seeing the consequences from their actions. Racism has been around since the 1600 's in America, as we can all notice, it is still going on. My mother brought to my attention a headline that she saw on TV awhile back. She said, in the southern California there was a Hispanic boy who was jumped and killed due to his color. …show more content…
Honestly, when she told me that, I slightly chuckled and said, how can someone look mexican? I understand Hispanic or Latino, but mexican? There are even a few Mexicans who don 't seem mexican. For instance, I cannot even count the number of people who have confused me as either filipina, Indian and islander until they hear my Spanish accent. I agree with your statement, "Maintaining an anthropologist-like mindset of cultural relativism would also help to better respect another person beliefs or culture" is an appropriate opinion. Personally, I enjoyed reading your discussion and wish you luck on your next class. How would you apply anthropology in your life, as well as in your