Roots of Racism Response

The most important line that should be taken from this article is, "So, that's the bad news: we're all racists. But there's good news, too: we're all racists." This is the most important line in this article because it defines our society as it is today. Everyone is quick to stereotype or racial profile someone just by their appearance. A person that claims the opposite is should be accused of lying, because it is this closed mindedness towards the idea of racism that keeps it as a negative thing, instead of making progress towards it being a good thing. If people are more open minded and realize that their appearance does strike the minds of others as positive or negative then there will be room for change. You look at a man wearing baggy clothes with his pants half way to his ankles and you're going to think gang banger, or hoodlum, whether he is white or black. Now if that man has a positive impact on you somehow there will be a shift of the stereotype in your mind. Now I'm not proclaiming that everyone needs to fight for change or fight for their look to become positive but it should be so that people need to work together to make an impact on society whether that impact is negative or positive. Everyone stereotypes in some way or another it is the way of the world it is how we relate with those who are around us, this doesn't have to be a bad thing, it is what we make of it.