Post Racial America

As for post-racial America, it's a theoretical environment where the United States is indifferent to racial preference, discrimination and prejudice. Some Americans still believe that the election of Barack Obama as President is a form of wider acceptance of inter-racial relations as well as marriages. This signified that the nation has entered this state of tolerance and equality, but as we can see that's not entirely true. Even though were in the year 2012 discrimination, prejudice and stereotyping is still present. In the past couple months there were couple cases that illustrated race or inequality being present in the conflicts. The fact that Barack Obama became the first multiracial president is a huge step towards America becoming post-racial, but Americans still have a long way to go during that process. 


I think that Barack Obama becoming president was a huge step and that this event should be exemplified for others and future generations. This is a important step because it represents equality among Americans. Maybe future generations could envision America as a unified and coherent society where everyone would have equal rights and opportunities. Our generation could certainly contribute and set an example, but I really doubt that we could make such a sudden change within the next couple years. Especially with places like New York City, where a good handful of people seem so coincided. I'm not trying to generalize or make assumptions, it's just from my own experience and meeting variety of people. It's a hard task in my opinion because people often reflect on history and assumptions to make generalizations. I'd say it will be a time consuming process before America can be fully post-racial.

For my reading this week I've read "Boyhood sports and masculinity". The article raised many questions for me about what it takes to be a man. Whether we are women or men is not determined just by our sex organs. Our gender includes a complex of mix beliefs, behaviors, and characteristics. How do you act, talk, and behave like a man? Are you masculine or not? These are questions that help us get to the core of our gender and gender identity. Sex is determined by how we carry ourselves and how we adapt to the society, therefore gender is biological and sex is learned.