Essay On Race Experience

Throughout my entire life I believe I have always been aware of race. I cannot recall a specific moment, in which I was not reminded that I was African-American. The majority of my early childhood and teenage years, I lived in a diverse neighborhood, attended predominately black schools, and was surrounded by mostly by African-Americans. The first impression that I encountered with race was in elementary school. The elementary school that I attended highly recognized the importance of celebrating Black History Month. In the month of February, at the age of 5 or 6 I remember having special classroom activities, assemblies, and announcements about prominent African-Americans and the impact that they made on the country. In this type of environment,

It is essential that everyone respects and appreciates one another. Although, this encounter was between young children, this shows how it is important to teach children the importance of race and diversity, in this specific situation if that information was presented the outcome would have been different. From this experience, I learned that there is no age requirement when race should be discussed. The encounters that we have on a daily basis with other people, television programs, and social medial platforms they all shape the notion of race. Following this further, I would consider this event to be a negative emotional experience for me because as I knew then as I know now, some of those children went home to their parents and the importance of diversity and race was and will never be a subject of discussion. Some of those same children will grow into adults and still have the same perceptions they had as a child, most likely not as vocal and obvious. Overall, these biased remarks become accurate and acceptable to the individual if not addressed