Race Matters

The topic of race relations is always a heated subject in American discussions. Race affects every person in this nation and no one is a racist for being aware of the fact. Whether the intent is positive or negative the differences of races are always present. The article "Race Matters" by Cornel West talks about the social injustice that occurred back in Los Angles, 1992. This was followed by many outbursts of rage among citizens due to the court verdict of Rodney King case. The video that involved Rodney King in it, showed a perfect example of inequality and injustice among racial groups. 

Chapter 8 discusses the importance of race and how Americans perceive it. Race is something we can all relate to, due to the fact that America was build upon by foreigners and immigrants. It also talks about the inequality and imbalance between the various racial groups. It also breaks down the key differences and terminology for concepts such as "race" and "ethnicity" and "nationality".

I've seen race being a decisive  factor in inequality and injustice before. I was seventeen at the time and me and couple of my friends were drinking beers in the park after dark. There was a bunch of us (3 Whites), (2 Latinos) , (4 Blacks) and we were charged with underage drinking and had to pay summons in the court. Meanwhile we knew about a group of Caucasian girls that were also drinking beers not too far from where we were. We've seen there was another police car that approached these girls and after certain amount of time, we saw the girls leaving. So basically, the officers made us go to court because we were all of different race hanging out together? That was my conclusion since those girls only got a warning, where our group of guys each had to pay a $50 fine for this incident.