Racism is even in the words we say...

From the last time I was in class we were talking about how journalists choose words so as not to offend people. This Danish lady, made a great point about what she saw in America that was different in her country. She said that didn't call anyone white or black because that didn't identify their race; that we're all part of the human race and they simply refer to them based on their nationality or ethnic group. Here we identify people by the color of their skin, and I can honestly say that I've fallen into the American trap myself. I've identified myself as a black girl and try to identify others based on their color; I've been wrong several times by identifying people based on color. It was one girl I remember that looked just like a white girl, but she was actually from Guatemala. I think we as Americans do need to get out of the color scene and base identity on nationality like everyone else or ethnic group. How many people can really say that we are pure breeded africans or caucasions? Everyone is mixed up with more than one ethnic group. Mrs. Lambiase also asked us a question on what is the difference between race and ethnic group. I believe race has to do with how one is categorized by their color of their skin and what one's parents look like, but an ethnic group is like one's place of birth or origin and your bloodline. I believe thats it.