DIVERSITY IN THE LAND OF MAJORITY RULE

On Tuesday, we discussed the topic Diversity in the Land of Majority Rule, which we covered issues such as; What is a "minority"? (Small in number, Small in power, Umbrella term for non-white, and Can think of it as NOT THE DOMINANT GROUP), Useful Metaphors (The Melting Pot), Increasing Minority Population (Reasons, Effects, Implication for affirmative action education-entrance curricula, methods, etc., International Phenomena), and The Future ("Minority" will mean any subgroup, Nature of coverage, and More media and more people of color). With having this topic on mind and the issues that covered it, I thought about my own surroundings and how I am a minority in many ways here in this nation called America. For instance, I feel as a minority just being a black male when we are seen as criminals, gang members, "ghetto", "hood", ignorant, loud, baby-daddies, unemployed, drug dealers, settlers, and the list can go on and on depending on who you ask. I also feel as a minority as being a black male in college and even more as a minority at a four year institution. We are viewed as strange in some situations such as walking pass a female of another race in which she will clinch her purse as if we would want to steal it. In there minds, we are thieves no matter if we are dressed in professional attire or not. Another situation or issue that comes to mind, if we are shopping at stores, different assistance's of the stores follow us in uncomfortable ways which is racial profiling. They will act as if they are cleaning up an area, but in all actuality, they are checking to see if we are shop-lifting. These are just a few scenarios that do occur and that I've seen or been apart of within my twenty-five years being on earth.