Brown vs. Board of Education
Tim Wise
Reflection
After reading this article, I noticed that Wise is right on when he makes his points about Obama. President Obama presents himself differently than other people of color. The way that he speaks, presents himself and dresses reflects the ways that a white person may carry themselves. If Obama had corn rolls in his hair and wore his pants in a sagging way people would consider him more of a person that is colored. When Wise brought that up, it opened my eyes because I never thought of that. There are men and women out there just as intelligent as our President is but because of the way that they dress or if they speak impolitely then they are stereotyped as the less intelligent being. According to Wise there is still a lot of work that we Americans need to do for equality to spread and for discrimination to be thrown out the window. Having Obama in the White House, shows us all that this is possible and that some day it is possible for equality to be everywhere and that it just wont be based on your race or class.
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