WAAAAY back in the 60's, we had one of the first mainstreamed, handicapped, students in our (almost lilly-white) school. His name was Mark, his Dad was a teacher and Mark had been blind from age 2, when he got a rare cancer of the eyes. It was either remove his eyes or he would die. Mark didn't remember what the different "races" were like, having lost his sight so young. And once while were were out on the blacktop, shooting the breeze, the topic of segregation came up. Mark said something that blew me away! After explaining how he didn't remember skin tones, he said "People are just voices to me- there is no race for me!" I've tried to live my life as "blind" to race as Mark was.
Storm Crow Reviewed by Storm Crow on . race ... so what if im a cracker!!! i think that people are too fixated on race. i view people only as people, not as mexican, chinese, black, white, salvadorean, whatever. people are people. i think when we classify ourselves as a race, we our only segregating ourselves even more than we already are, and isnt that what everyone is complaining about? we all preach equality so why dont we view each other as equal? i dont find it nescessary to say im white, shes black. like i said we're all people. Rating: 5