After thoroughly reading Race, Higher Education, and American Society I felt genuinely enlightened. As cliche as that sounds the article left me with a better understanding of what causes our society to function like it does. But on a deeper level I felt somewhat ashamed of the extreme close-mindedness that seems to run rampant throughout our nation. The argument that stood out the most, and was the most interesting to me was "The conclusion of most of us is that "race" does not exist as a biological phenomenon. but rather that it is socially and culturally constructed" (pg, 216). I wholeheartedly agree and support this argument, it's not that society finds the different pigment of one's skin taboo, but more the various stereotypes one is in a sense "branded" with by society.
that for the most part this form of discrimination is somewhat subliminal, in that no one would deliberately admit to it. Moses goes into deeper analysis by saying that stereotypes are based upon people associating certain "innate characteristics" to specific groups of people. Furthermore I share the feeling of the author of how sad it is that we live in a society that is so "preconditioned" to the idea of fixed racial categories. I've noticed a pattern in history that makes up our country, it is riddled with persecution, but despite this it seems we've learned nothing. I find it embarrassing that we could once be so ignorant to think that fellow human beings could be inferior based solely on the color of their skin and the location in which they reside. Although this was not mentioned in the article
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