Racism Is Still Alive Today, Blah Blah Blah...

Here is another one of those stories we see so often, as someone repeats the tedious mantra that "racism is still alive today", as if we're meant to be shocked by this statement. Well, I'm not. Whoever thought that racism was entirely gone from the world? Name me someone who honestly thought racism no longer existed today.

The article cites the case of a black girl who was called a nigger by two white boys. I'm genuinely sorry to hear about this incident and the ignorance of these two boys. But we are all aware that things like this happen every day. No one needs to be enlightened on the issues because we CAN'T ESCAPE THEM. Racism is repeatedly elevated above all forms of discrimination by our media and people are being led to believe that racist abuse or violence is somehow worse than "regular" abuse or violence. So don't tell us racism is still alive today and expect us to be remotely contemplative.

Perhaps most telling is this passage:

Some people attending said racism is not always as obvious as you would think, rather it is often implied.

Dakita McCray, a member of the Freshman Advisory Board, adds, “It can come in the form of a look, it can come in the form of a comment, and a lot of the times it's not direct. You can hear someone saying something to a friend or you can just feel it from a person.”

In other words, you can assume with no actual evidence that a person is racist because it's easy and will garner you a lot of attention.