Spoon-Fed Racism Analysis

The Daily serving of Spoon-fed Racism When I was younger I often didn’t have much say in what was fed to me. I couldn’t decide upon the meals I ate and when I ate them. Nor could I randomly choose amongst the abundance of recipes what I wanted to eat. I was limited to certain options that were given to me by my parents, and they controlled my consumption. For breakfast waffles or cereal; eggs or hash browns; bacon or sausage and so on and so forth. Even as an infant I had even less say on what was given to me because of a mixture of premature dependency and trust. I was spoon-fed like all babies are until I was old enough to feed myself, and even then I had to prove that I matured and was capable of deciding on my own meals. My preferences are influenced by my parents and have guided me on my decisions based off of how I was raised. Like my upbringing towards breakfast meals, racism and prejudices are things that are spoon fed to people as young as infants and affects them while they’re adults. Racism can be taught based on how you were raised because of the influence your parents and environment had over your independent growth.

They are the ones that even after carrying us within the womb for nine months continue to support our growth into adulthood. Bearing our burdens, constantly fearing for our safety and placement in this rugged world. Advice from a mother is wrapped up by these things and aren’t made to protect, but to prepare for any given situation. Like a lunch box prepared for a child heading towards school. A place that represents the abundance of societal expectations and systematic rules that will determine your likeliness to survive in the real world. Within that lunch box of advice there is bound to be things said that implement a moral code shared between a mother and child. Specifically on how to interact with people. Prejudices towards