I heard a caller on a local radio talk show say the problem with racism is we give it way too much attention. He went on to say we should ignore it and it will go away. Do you buy that? First, let me ask the readers out there if you all believe racism still exist or is it just in the minds of some African American people. It’s kind of hard to know what’s racism and what’s laziness these days. I was in Best Buy at The Woodlands trying to price some plasma televisions over the weekend. Can you believe I could not get one of the young white sales reps to spend 5 seconds with me. But I noticed the two who were working in the television section would spend long amounts of time with white customers. We’re talking 10 to 15 minutes for their consultations. These are the kinds of details you noticed when you’re pi**ed off. I mean I was literally in the tv section for about 40 minutes unable to get any help. White individuals who even came after me got more assistance than I did. I should dump my Best Buy Mastercard! It was crazy. So I had to wonder if it was laziness or racism. Surely this black man isn’t going to buy anything – so I’d better spend my time with these white customers who have some money to spend. Oh, I was really hot after that one. But why report it to management because it’s either the same laziness or racism you’re gonna get anyway. Like on Thursday night I called the Chili’s in the Woodlands for a to go order. I gave the call taker my order – a rack of baby back ribs (don’t hate on the ribs) – and during the conversation she wants to know if I realize I’m calling the Woodlands’ Chili’s. What in the h*ll is that supposed to mean? Should I be calling the one in Greenspoint Mall? Did her question have another purpose or did she think my black voice was confused and shouldn’t be ordering in another part of town? I wanted to ask the female when I got there but there was a male who actually gave me my order. Believe me this isn’t even a drop in the bucket to what other people encounter but it’s been my life as of late. So – back to the original question – should we just ignore racism and you think it will go away?
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I had a big problem with these two aiteclrs as well. I was kind of annoyed that educators were blaming the students for their lack of writing and reading skills when actually it could have been the teachers themselves to blame. They just assume when students walk into class that they know and understand how to write a strong and persuasive paper. Just because high school students are older, does not mean that they can write very well. This is to say that yes, students can be lazy and not want to learn, but the teachers should want to persuade that student out of their unwillingness to not want to learn and provide inspiration that learning is very beneficial. On the other hand, after reading some of these “cases” in the aiteclrs, it made it seem like teachers were lazy too. I am not exactly sure why students still receive passing grades if it is exclaimed that they have really poor writing. I can only assume that the teacher just have really easy standards and guidelines for writing. Maybe the teachers just hand out assignments and never actually read the writings over and never tell the students how they could make this paper better. If that’s the case when a teacher doesn’t explain to the student how they could make their paper more powerful, the student just assumes that his or her method of writing is correct and continue to us it for all other writing assignments. I think that the grading is reflective on both the teacher’s easy standards and the student’s laziness. The assignments must be a challenge for the teacher and the students so they both can learn from one another and apply their leanings to other events. I would assume that some education board must have their own requirements for their teachers to teach to their students. So maybe we can blame them for not giving standards for the teachers. In this case, it seems like it is the teachers faults for not challenging the students writing skills so that the student can learn from their mistakes.