Malcolm #3 (video)

I thought this video focused on the most degrading part of African-American history without sugarcoating it. It cut deep to the core and showed the awful reality that took place years ago and some still exist today. The thing that most affected me was the way they portrayed blacks when drawing them in cartoons and caricatures. They exaggerated traits that not all African-Americans had and they made them seem worse people than they were. I bet the blacks were better people than the whites were back then. 

Some of these stereotypes still exist today, but some have disappeared. In the "pickaninny" stereotype, they portrayed children as things and not people. There were greeting cards where there were alligators underneath the children ready to eat them. How terrible is that? I couldn't even process the idea in my head. How are people's minds so cruel? How do they think these thoughts? Whites thought they were superior and hurt the African-American population greatly. These acts are just unacceptable.

I'm not directly affected by this because I'm not African-American, but I've definitely faced prejudice. I guess everyone has, but I've been a victim. Not as much anymore, but when I was younger, I had to endure the pain. I don't know because back then I used to be angry at those people, but now I just accept their comments. I think that people who make racist and prejudice remarks are ignorant and that's their loss. If they want to make those remarks, then that's their decision and the way they want to live life. That's certainly not the way I want to life my life, but people will make poor choices. Those poor choices will be their responsibility and I hope one day they will learn their lesson.