Self-Analysis

As I progressed with this blog project, I was able to see my knowledge and thought process on the issue grow and become more informed. Looking back to the first postings that I made, I am now able to realize that I had a certain ignorance on the topic. I was not aware of how prevalent the issue of racism was in schools and within the youth and young adult population. I had acknowledged the fact that the cases of the Jena Six and the torture of Megan Williams were obviously charged by racism, but I did not have an accurate knowledge base on how widespread the issue still was in the country today. With doing research on the cases of racism during the Civil Rights Movement I was able to see that although I had the opinion that America had progressed so much from the racism of the mid 1900s, many of the same issues still existed in different ways. I was also able to develop the idea that there is a strong need for education on the subject. Until those in authority are able to get over the fact that racism is a touchy subject, the youth population will not be able to be properly educated on the topics of racial equality and how to properly solve conflicts having to do with race. Education is the main thing that will help to stop racism in the future. The research that I have done in order to complete this blog project has allowed me to develop a more educated and less naive perspective on the specific issue of racism today and how it manifests itself in the youth population of today.