Love is Blind or Perhaps Some of Us Are Just Blindfolded

In the land of equality love really does conquer all. Interracial relationships are the most overt form of proof that racism is dead. Many of these relationships go on to become happy marriages and produce children that add to the unique diversity of the America.

However, not everyone can get down with the Love is Blind mentality. These people aren’t expressing racist ideals by their inability to love someone else outside of their race. They merely recognizing the legacy of racism; more than they are implying racism still exist.



Is love really blind or are some of us willing to be blindfolded by love, meaning some of us are just more open to romantic involvement with others of a different race?

"Self-segregation may be chic, but critics call it self-defeating"

In an article published on the CBS Interactive site BNET Susannah Zak Figura writes about a famous Cornell University Lecturers interpretation on when segregation is deemed acceptable. She writes:
"David L. Moore, a lecturer at Cornell University's American Indian Program, believes 'self-selected separation is not segregation." Moore defends Cornell's American Indian dormitory, Akwekon (pronounced Uhg-way-gun), arguing that it provides an essential'"supportive community' for American Indian students whose cultural values are built around community"


When segregation is voluntary, no one is at fault. This certaintly doesn't mean America is still segregated!

You can view the article here:
Self-segregation may be chic, but critics call it self-defeating

Sure I have the right to sit anywhere but I choose to sit here…but for no particular reason.

Racism is over and we all know that but there are scholars out there who would like to believe that it isn’t for whatever reason. Really what is the point in trying to pick out ways that racism still shows it ugly head? Any effort put into doing that is pointless because racism can’t exist in place where everyone is privy to the same opportunities. People who feel disadvantaged just need to work harder and pull themselves up by their bootstraps in order to get ahead.

One thing that is analyzed consistently is the notion that Americans self segregate themselves. Why is the fact that people choose to associate themselves with people like them a racist notion? Is it really safe to say that white that only feel comfortable in the company of their counterparts are racist? No this is an unfair judgment and has no basis in racist ideals whatsoever. Come on; let’s get real for second here. There are black people that now dominate the sports and entertainment realm and there are even blacks out there politically astute enough to run the country. Can blacks still claim to be disenfranchised? Of course not!

Does it matter that whites don’t want to live next to blacks or that blacks choose to live amongst themselves? Its all just a matter of choice and certainly doesn’t allude to idea that racism is presently working in today’s society. In today’s world if American’s do “self segregate” its just because it provides comfort not because America is still so called ruled by a system by advantage.

Click on the link here to read about Chicago “America’s most segregated big city” to see how people simply choose to live where they want and how their choices aren’t at all based on discrimination.

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/dec/26/local/chi-segregation-26-dec26