Racism

Oh how it's a pet peeve of mine. How the idea of racism just makes my blood boil. It drives me up the wall when someone is ignorant enough to make racist comments.

I don't know if I'm extra sensitive because I am currently studying racism in class (Anthropology is amazing for learning that there is no such thing as different races of human. We're all in the HUMAN RACE. Oh, when I learn about slavery in history... I cringe just thinking about what they had to go through.) or if it's because the racisms I am hearing lately is directed toward Asians.

I was just reading an article a few days ago about many Americans feeling that Japan got what they deserve when they had their huge earthquake and tsunami. There are people who claim that the Japanese got what they deserve for Pearl Harbor and other acts that people do not find just. SERIOUSLY?! What about what we did to them. Do anyone remember Hiroshima or the camps that were set up in the U.S.? How can we ever judge another country when we have done things in our history that wasn't fair or just? Then there are people stating that we shouldn't bother with Japan because they are a "rich" country, and we should be trying to help other nations. So maybe Japan isn't a third world country, but that doesn't mean you should just ignore them.

Not only did Japan just go through an earthquake, tsunami, and a potential nuclear meltdown. They just experienced a volcano explosion. Can you imagine the terror? They have had about 300 aftershocks, and then they get another shock... a volcano eruption. Oh boy, just give them a break.

I pray for the Japanese, and for everyone in the world that has to go through something terrible including the African kids. I just really pray that maybe someday, we wouldn't all be so racist anymore. It really breaks my heart when I think of how people have to suffer just because they aren't the "right" skin color.