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After watching this video it gave me a whole new outlook on racism in schools. How is it that we as Americans can be so racist? Why do teachers and principals make it acceptable to put black kids in a lower standard class just because they are black? It doesn't mean they are not as smart as someone who is white. Why is it that some people can make fun of black people and think its totally acceptable because they are "just joking around". What if a black person was joking around with a white person? It would be completely looked down upon. Every American can claim they are not racist, and they might not be. However there are a lot of people out there that even make comments to themselves and just think in their head racist thoughts. As the speaker in this video said if he were to ask a white person how many black friends they had the person would respond oh a lot of them because they don't want to appear racist. The speaker said if he were to now ask the person what the black friends' names are, their phone numbers, and what their moms name was the person may or may not be able to answer. Although there are people out there who do have a lot of black friends there are others that are just simply lying because they don't want to seem racist for saying they do not have any. I think that in schools starting at a young age we need to focus on racism and make it apparent to parents and students that it is a big deal and we need to end racism now. 

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