Today was our first in class discussion. We started our class off by talking about racial stereotypes. We talked about how African Meridians (black people) and white people are perceived as in today’s society. We talked about how black people are perceived as being uneducated and ghetto. On the other hand we came to a conclusion on if a black person talks proper he is considered to be talking or acting white. Now if a white person talked in the opposite matter then that white person would be considered acting or talking black. Another thing that had thinking was my when he asked us to write done five African American entertainers. I found this very easy at first because I know so many idolized sports figures, singers, and other artist who are famous in every way. The five I wrote down were Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Ray Lewis. Then after that he asked us to write down five African Americans who were business professionals or politicians or who had a job as a profession. I found this was much harder to do and after an extended amount of time to answer the problems I came up with Michele Obama, President Obama, Thurgood Marshall, Condoleezza Rice, and Al Sharp ton. Professor Lockard told us that this was a racial stereotypical quiz that he gave to all his classes. This proved to me that even I was stereotyping black people to be only entertainers for the public eye. Not professionals or businessmen who are successful by using their brain and not just their athletic talents alone.
We also talked about how Obama non-black history about being a black man got him into being the president of the United States. Ever since the nation first met Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in 2004, his race has been called into question more times than Michael Jackson's. Obama is clearly a black man, but is this really a breakthrough? Some blacks say Obama