I am not racist. I just call it how I see it.

Black is black and white is white. Yellow is inferior and brown will forever reign superior.

Now, please understand that I am not racist by choice. I did not choose to create stereotypes by myself. On the contrary, I am predestined to the belief that the black man is poor because he wants to be, the white man is bursting with money, the Asian man is always a cheat, and the Indian can never be understood no matter how hard he tries. I am submerged in stereotypes and, because of this, I have racial slurs embedded into my language, my everyday vocabulary.

I had no censor when regarding race.

Does that make me racist? Perhaps, but that is how I was raised.

The answer is simple; stereotypes are developed in regard to our lifestyle, our heritage and our surroundings. Whether it’s living in a ghetto, el barrio, the suburbs or the trailer park, we are fed stereotypes to package our mindset in correlation to our lifestyle.

According to Psychology Today, we create unconscious assumptions about others and, therefore, remain uncontrollable in our biased opinion. In other words, we can’t expect for our prejudice to go away in one sitting.

Racism is the belief that some races of people are better than others.

Since our life began, we have been programmed to specific stereotypes regarding ourselves and others around us whether we acknowledge it or not. We have been told to be proud of who we are.

If you are white, be proud. If you are black, be loud.

It is because of our programming and, by definition, that we can consider everyone a cold, harsh and inconceivable racist.

Hold the torches and the mob. There is still hope.

Although there is the unconscious notion of racism already installed, the war is not over. Actually, it has not even begun. A new start-up, a new software, the next big thing.

That’s right: We need to be re-programmed.

According to the University of Texas Department of Psychology, children are preprogrammed to stereotype based on previous unconscious ideas based on what they see in the media. In cartoons, there is always the black kid who is slick and athletic, the brown kid who solves all the problems in the group and, of course, the white kid, who leads the pack. At such an early age, children are fed stereotypes in their everyday entertainment. Therefore, they are sucked into the world of racism from the beginning.

Consequently, the issue at hand is the fact that children are subcategorizing people based off their color, accent and origin at a very young age.

Regardless if kids are comprehending their actions, the fact of the matter is children are packaging stereotypes from their own subconscious. The issue revolves around how we are allowing these assumptions to occur.

Stereotypes are becoming more of our everyday language and are being accepted as politically correct.

I am one of those children.

Reprogrammation is the key to the needed revival in my everyday language. The only solution to this recurring issue is to stop.

It is not normal to hear constant racism at such an early age. It is not normal to be accustomed to categorize blacks as poor negros. It is not normal to assume that every Asian is exceptionally smart. It is not normal to lower my self esteem simply because I am brown.

Racism is not normal.

Reprogramming myself has to start with meeting more people in one specific race and realizing that not all people fit the stereotype.

Stop allowing racial slurs to enter my brain. Stop allowing myself to describe a human based off their color. Stop allowing myself to feel pity just because I am defined by a stereotype.

Revival has to start with me.