Basically I'm everything that's white and burns under the sun....

So basically, I am everything that is white and burns when it comes to my ethnicity. I have never experienced any sort of prejudice towards my race. I have witnessed various forms of prejudice and discrimination whether it is because someone was the awkward kid or because of the clothes soneone wears, or even because of the life style one chooses to lead. Some people just will not like you for who you are and well, sucks for them because most of the time, they lose.
Racism makes me sick! When I saw the movie "Hotel Rwanda," I was in shock. First, I had never really heard about the genocide in Rwanda to the extent to which it took place. Living in America, I am often sheltered to the harsh culture that surrounds other countries. Rwanda cannot be repeated in Defer. It has already gone too far. It sickens me; the Janjaweed from Sudan will kill villages of people, take their belongings, and set the huts on fire. Not only that, but when they encounter young women alone, they rape the girls and bite them to mark them as "unclean." On return to their homes, the girls are rejected for they can no longer marry and are shoved aside. The Janjaweed claim they are "cleansing the race" just like the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rwanda and just like Hitler in World War II. Second, what are we doing to help? We need to rise up and help these people. The White House had yet to even call Darfur's killings a “genocide" until the international forces influenced and convinced them that this is an ethnic cleansing movement. And this has been going on for 4 and half years!! The war was recently resolved in the spring of this year, however there is still a need for assistance and recovery.
We cannot let history repeat itself like this over and over again. Racism is ugly, cruel, and unjust. It makes me sick and I hate that is so relevant in our world today. I hate that jokes about race have become socially acceptable or funny to so many people. These jokes sometimes justify actual prejudices that people hold.
We need to work towards an America that works to accept and care for those who come here instead of judging and discriminating against them.
This is me :)