When I first started watching this documentary produced I honestly did not know how to feel about it. I questioned myself a little when Jose was asking the students about what is white. After watching the first ten minutes of this documentary I found myself to become very frustrated because of how whites are viewed in America. Yes, we do have a history of being racists but that is history. Not saying some individuals are still and always be racist. I have a few of my close friends who are racist and it honestly drives me insane when they go on their hate speeches to me. I was in a relationship with someone who was a little racist. I was constantly annoyed by what he would say. For one I have a lot of friends of different races. My brother is mixed even, so I find some comments very offensive. Some of my …show more content…
I know from my standpoint I was raised in a smaller city and went to a small country school with mainly white students. I did have my friends who were of color but I did not grow up with many students in my class who were of color. A great point made in the documentary was that our history should be taught not only from what the good the white man did but also emphasize on the bad as well. Yes, man did many great things for our countries but we also have our dark times in history that are really never taught to the full extent.
I love the point brought up during the documentary that we cannot help the fact that we were born the color we are. No matter if we are considered white or a person of color. Each one of us has our daily struggles with this issue. Some people get offended way to easily when others are speaking about race. I feel that everyone should be able to feel comfortable being able to talk about race rather than being scared that they will get the race card thrown at