hem anyway, not because of who they are, butwhat they are. Racism is cowardly. More importantly, racism is a weakness and anobvious sign of ignorance. So what is it that makes us racist? More than likely, it isthe fear of the unknown. In other words, it is a lack of education. The only way tobattle this ignorance is to educate oneself. That is why the key to solving the problemis not Affirmative Action, or bussing kids around the different schools, but instead itis education and starts with the young generation. The first thing that needs to be done is to up-date the text books andbooks in general that are read by the students starting from Kindergarten or firstgrade. The books need to be changed to include different cultures and their positivecontributions to life, and not just focusing on one group. Curriculum change is alsosomething that can do some benefit in understanding others. For example, instead ofhaving black history one month, why can't every month have black history in it?Students could learn about black history all year around, and not just condensed intoone month. This goes the same for other cultures also. This is something that wouldalong with educating ourselves, help break up stereotypes we have of others. InJames Baldwins Sonnys Blues , the narrator talks about students future with theeducation system as it is. The narrator says, All they really knew were twodarknesses, the darkness of their lives, which was now closing in on them, and thedarkness of the movies, which had blinded them to that other darkness, in which theynow, vindictively, dreamed, at once more together than they were at any other time,and more alone. This is an example of how children back in those days had no realfuture except for the ones they saw in the movies, which was like a dream world tothem.Racism hit its high point in the 1960's and today it is still flooding society.Throughout schools in America, racism suffocates the classrooms, cafet...
