Racism

Racism

The article “Personal Narrative: Growing up Biracial” by Mary A. Fukuyama vividly explains her being raised in a biracial home. She paints a clear picture by giving great details on her past childhood. She also explains how it affected her life as she grew older and how it still continues to consume her life currently. “The Evolution and Transformation of a White Racist: A Personal Narrative” By Michael D’Andrea is also another article that reflects racism, although in this case he was the racist. He describes how certain images and messages have affected him on a deeper personal level. He transformed from a white racist and now has a more intimate sensitive point of view. This paper talks about the interesting points made by both authors and how they relate, how the points challenge my views and beliefs, and how these views and beliefs may impact working with clients and customer service in general.
Mary A. Fukuyama states in her article, “When did I learn about racism? I was sheltered from racism by my parents as best as they knew how.” While this makes sense as to why a biracial family would want to protect their child from getting hurt by racism, it is much more effective for parents to teach their children about racism as soon as possible. The mind of a child is like a sponge and if a parent is to express matters such as racism at an early age, they are more likely to understand and be more content in their cultural standings and realize being raised in a different culture is definitely not a bad thing. Michael D’Andrea brings out that, “hearing African American s commonly referred to in derogatory terms when issues of racial diversity were raised at family gatherings was one of the factors that clearly contributed to the evolution of my own early racist attitudes.” This statement links to Mary’s comment about her parents sheltering her from racism. Parents should be careful about what they say and who hears it because not only is it morally wrong to...

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