Different Perspective on Racism in Most Media and in Politics

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Race has been a controversial topic. Racism is a significant problem today in the United States (US). In particular, it has contributed to dividing people and making some believe that they are better than others. Politicians introduced and revived racism so that they could make individuals hate each other and disrupt them from seeing existing problems that need solutions. Humans spend more time hating each other instead of uniting to improve their communities. Those who are tied by race believe that there are things they cannot do because they belong to specific ethnicities, cultures, or skin color. The media emphasizes identifying demographics by using race. The three videos discussed below are eye-openers that race is an artificial problem that was politically created to categorize people.
Prince Ea’s spoken-word poem “I Am NOT Black, You are NOT White” is very fascinating. Indeed, it reveals that all humans are equal and convinces viewers not to accept things that are used to divide them. Ea calls these things labels. He says that labels were politically introduced in the 15th century (Ea). Labels have been used successfully to divide individuals around the world. Some communities are called African Americans, Mexicans, Hispanics, Whites, and Asians. However, the poem compares the human body to a car or caterpillar shell. When a black person is driving a specific car, no one confuses that individual with the car that one driving. In that light, Ea wants viewers to understand that they