The Diversity Event was a unique way to allow us to express ourselves and our thoughts on many of the current issues. I liked the event because it gave everyone a chance to make a decision, without necessarily speaking, and choose a side that they felt interpreted the way they felt. It gave a broad, eye-opening, prospective on most of the intellectual feelings within just a few floors of a residential hall. However, I did find one situation provoking. The question along the lines of “fighting an African American is much worse than fighting a Jewish person,” I felt, was unnecessary because it had already depicted between two previously minority groups. I just don’t think that was a proper question.
Unfortunately, I still had to pick a side. I agreed to the comment that fighting an African American is much worse than fighting a Jewish person simply because of stories from friends that I’ve heard, but no actual experiences. I haven’t heard a situation with a rampaging Jew. I could not bring any statistics to the discussion about this statement because I most definitely don’t know enough to improvise one or the other. One side says that, from personal experiences, African Americans would most likely win a fight because they know some brutal African Americans. On the other side there was a comment arguing the previous statement but sadly I did not catch it. Conclusively, I say that you cannot decide the basis of winning a fight on racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
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I completely agree with you that it was really hard to choose one side over the other for this question. I believe that it completely depends on the individual, what ethnic group they are from has nothing to do with how good they are at fighting. Obviously if a person is stronger or a better fighter then another then you’re going to want to fight the weaker person, but you cant choose based solely on their ethnicity.
ReplyDeleteI agree it was had to choose a side.. But it was one of those times you had to think if you were in that situation. If i'm standing there having to fight an African American person or a Jewish person, I do think i would be more afraid of the African American. It's just stereotypes we hear about in America. It's sad that our lives come to that but that's what are in America. I'm not that tough of a person, I know I would lose in a fight to either, but it maybe wouldn't seem as scary fighing a Jewish person, as bad as that sounds. It's all on looks.
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