RACE AND COMMUNITY

Race and Community

Race and Community

Introduction

The racial issues can very from community to community; this place has very few issues because we have very few minorities that live here. The issues that we hold are between to groups of people that are of the same race just different in who we are.

Just imagine coming to a place where you could have a wonderful life just to find out that people tend to look at you differently when you walk by, or go into a restaurant; you feel out of place. Then you find out there are very few people like you. So what makes this community different then other communities? Is it because in this small community almost all the people are the same; we live in a community where everyone is the same, we all look alike and talk alike, the only difference is that some have better jobs or they drive better cars then others.

Discussion

In my community, there are many people mostly of the same ethnicity as me. I was brought up learning my cultural ways and beliefs. I was never taught that the color of my skin, texture of my hair, facial features, language I spoke, things I ate or even the things I believed in could make such a drastic change in my life. I grew up not caring what skin color my friends, family were, or the fact that their hair were more manageable then mines. Nor did I care about the way they looked, language they spoke, what they ate or what they believed in, all that mattered to me was that they were my family or friends, people I knew, loved and trusted.

I had thought that there where people from all cultures living every where but I was wrong; not in this town. This town consists of almost only one race; it has more whites than any other race. This community does not have the different ethnic groups that live in most cities. Most of the places you go you will only see whites out on the streets, in the stores, at restaurants, even in the schools according to Public School Info there are 548 students enrolled at the local school with only one being of another race (Public School Info 2007). Going into a Mexican, or Chinese restaurant is the only place where you will find other cultures. According to the U.S. Census Bureau we have approximately 8,133 people living in our town of them there are 2,269 whites, 9 African Americans, 9 American Indians, 4 Asians, 1 Native Hawaiians, 11 Hispanics, 9 two or more races and 1 some other race (U.S. Census Bureau 2007).

What makes this town different then other communities is that here we do not have to fight over discrimination against other cultures it is the fight over discrimination against each other that makes us different. There are only whites; no other ethnic group holds a leadership position in this community, office, work places, ...