Sadly racism still exist; interestingly, it has evolved. Still what’s changed is still the same. In the past, laws like affirmative action were put in place because blacks did not have access to powerful positions and were not being considered for well-paying jobs. White people were hiring white people and if they were to hire another race, black would be the last choice.

In Hollywood it is common practice to exclude blacks from advertising, limiting their access to jobs during the recession. Reporting racist remarks made by white celebrities has become popular and calling movies staring black actors “black films” rather than a movie like any other movie only adds to the division of equality. Is a movie staring white people a “white-film”?

Children are sponges that absorb information from their surroundings. When I was in fourth grade an eight year-old kid said to me, “At least I’m not black,” as though being “black” was the worst thing you could be. Unfortunately, I hit the kid in the face and was suspended from the playground-not from school. He was not punished; therefore, what he did was okay and my physical response was punishable.

For adults to teach their children to discriminate against and treat certain groups differently is abusive and puts our children at a disadvantage. The world was not made for one singe group and factually we are all born equal. It is heart-breaking to know that generation after generation young black girls are feeling ugly and it is being drilled into their heads one movie and racist incident at a time.

It is incredibly disheartening that in a magazine that rarely to never features black women would find it necessary to ask John Mayer about his take on black women. Why did they fail to mention Asian or Latina women? In many cases black women seem to be the target of attack. John Mayers’ response and the media’s obsession with reporting it, demonstrates America’s fascination with uplifting whites and degrading blacks.

John associated himself with white supremacist, whom mercilessly killed and raped black women; they also killed black men and children when they burned down their homes for no reason other than the skin color they were born with. Not to mention the fact that black people were forced to come here in unimaginable conditions. Black people are not here by choice! Africans did not come voluntarily. Generation after generation black people have been used, abused and unable, for the most part, to establish themselves as a larger whole.

Poverty is passed down, education is unequal, and your self-esteem is constantly under attack when you’re black. It is difficult to live for any human being, let alone with the added pressure of people consistently downing you about something you cannot change. Once you are born black you are black. Love it because it is great. Despise the media for misleading you to believe otherwise. Pray for those who are ignorant and will continue to hurt others feelings and body. Know that Jesus suffered and in suffering you are closer to him.