Geoffrey Ofori-Dwomfuo
Diversity and Social Justice
Glenn Cassidy


In 'The Color of Fear' which was directed by Lee Mun Wah and published in the year 1994. It was a gathering of nine people of different races for the discussion of race. The show had two African Americans, two Hispanics, two White Americans and three Asians including the director, Lee Mun Wah. They all stayed together in one home even though a participant among them was very racist.Lee focuses on the role that racism plays to keep the whites in their dominant positions during the discussion.
Roberto Alamanzan defined America to be a whole continent in its distinct way. It consist of people with different cultures. Among those cultures, only one is accepted which is the culture of the whites. For one to become an American, he or she must throw away his or her culture and accept that of the whites so they could fit in. From my point of view, America is a nation which is hoping to acquire unity but is refusing to give up power. People claim they want to end racism but are scared to give up the privileges they are currently receiving.
David Christensen found it difficult to accept the struggles a person of color endures in the country just because he or she isn't white. Christensen believes people of color are humans like the whites  and every human goes through struggles at a point of their life. He believes people of color go through these struggles frequently than whites because they allow it. Sometimes the assumptions we make about others come from what we have not been told (Beverly Daniel Tatum). Christensen is blinded by the privileges he has because of the fraudulent behaviors of his forefathers.He seems to find it difficult to understand why all races can't be classified as humans. He didn't realize the privileges he had until Victor Lewis talks about the privileges people of color do not have. Christensen began to burst in tears for his entire life and fortune was based on the foundation whites built for white race only. At the end of the show, Christensen had a better understanding and acknowledged the struggles a colored person must go through in order to succeed in the United States.
Even though I'm an African American, I sometimes prejudice people of my race. It's weird how I feel safe walking in a white neighborhood at night but feel threatened when walking in a neighborhood of people of my race. I also agree on the fact that the system in U.S is strongly in favor to White Americans though the nation was built by the labor of black slaves and Asians.