Sunday, January 23, 2011

After you, my dear Alphonse.

Hey! I'm back! I will be blogging on this question today: Would you have treated Boyd or someone who is not of the same race as you differently? Why or why not? This question is in reference to a short story written by Shirley Jackson, After you, my dear Alphonse.
My answer: No, I would not treat someone differently just because someone is of a different race from I am. I believe in equality. I believe that everyone should be treated equally, no one should be treated better than another, bias. I believe that everyone should be given an equal opportunity to shine, or show-case their talent. Just because someone is of a different race from you does not mean that he/she should be treated better or worse. Firstly, the race that person comes from, was not his/her choice, it was predestined. A person can't change his/her race just like that, furthermore being bullied or even treated better does not do the person any good. A person who treats a someone differently just because of his/her race, is someone who is biased. Treating someone who is of a different race better, just shows that that person is a suck-up, a bootlicker. People like this do things like this, because they expect a reward, a praise. It just shows that they are very cunning, sneaky. It is definetely no good. Just think, if someone treated another person of a different better, how would he treated ANOTHER person of a DIFFERENT race? To add on, those people who are bias against people of another race is just simply a racist, a coward. The most common race being discriminated is the African Americans, a person who has a brownish, black skin tone, does not definetely mean that he/she is from India or Indonesia. What is wrong with having a brownish, black skin tone?
That will be the end of the question, I hope the readers will be able to benefit from my answer from my POV.
Regards,
Wei Jin

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