Discrimination in Today's World

Just because we are in 2011, 43 years after the assasination of MLK Jr, does not meant hat we are free from racism. martin Luther King Jr and the cicil rights movement he led was an enormous step in creating total equality among races in todays society, but it didnt quite do enough. While no on would argue the fact that we are less racist today than 43 years ago, We still show signs of those times. People of color today are still discriminated against in jobs, and just in social stature. Jane Elliot's exercise shows people of all races what it feels like to be discriminated against. In the video we watched, on girl had to leave the room because she felt that she was persecuted,but she did not understand that this was only an exercise and that people of color or religion or any different factor that the majority have always been discriminating against. Looking at history, there are people that have been discriminated against the most: Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Native Americans are among the most discriminated against. Stopping discrimination does not need to stop "seeing color" altogether. many people of color or religion or whatever else are very proud of it and do not want it to be ignored, but accepted. I know many african americans that are proud of being black, and i accept that as a part of them. Ignoring it would be ignoring the part of them instead of accepting them as a whole. Acceptance is the key word to me, the oppressor needs to accept that they are no different as PEOPLE than blacks, or hispanics or jews.