Another Case of Racism Today

In addition to the story about the Jena 6, the ordeal that went on with Megan Williams from West Virginia is one has made news headlines within the past month. This situation involves a twenty year old African American woman who was kidnapped and tortured for a week by six white people. She was repeatedly raped, beaten, stabbed, made to eat dog feces, and forced to drink out of a toilet. She was only rescued after the police were called to the residence and the officer saw her. This awful ordeal that Megan Williams had to experience continues to highlight the fact that racism is still very prevalent in today's society. It is up to America as a whole to first accept the fact that racism still exists in this country. It is only after the issue is accepted that steps can be taken in order to crack down on the issue. There is no real way to totally eliminate racism because the issue starts within the individual. The feelings of hatred or prejudice toward another race come from the way the the person was raised, the beliefs and morals that they have developed, and the experiences that they have had throughout their lifetime. Every person of every race has certain prejudices towards one or more race, whether one chooses to admit it or not. The job of the government should not be to try to erase these individual feelings, but to reinforce that all people were created equally and that the manifestation of racial prejudices will not be tolerated.