No, I am not referring to the physical activity of running. I am referring to the competition between the color of our skin. Are we really still trying to see who is more entitled or who we should feel the most sorry for? Life is unfair for everyone regardless of race. At this point, I believe people are causing uproars because they know it will draw attention. Congrats to those people; you’ve done a great job. You’ve done a great job of scaring children and shutting down interstates. Is that something to be proud of?

I recently watched To Kill A Mockingbird for the first time. While watching it I just felt so angry. The movie was set in the 60’s in Maycomb, Alabama. If you know anything about history then you know the 60’s was arguably the height of racial tension, especially in Alabama. Did we as a society not learn anything from those experiences? The only good thing that came out of the 60’s was desegregation, which was next to several protests, riots, killings, beatings and cruel judgment. They say history repeats itself, and so far that has proven to be fairly true. There are some natural and spontaneous events that we can’t prevent, but racism is something we can.

I believe the causes of racism revolve around people who: like to cause trouble, have low self-confidence, enjoy criticizing others based on stereotypes and give into peer pressure too easily mixed with those people who are: perhaps too sensitive and easy to take advantage of. The past is in the past. We SHOULD have moved on from that, but I guess that is too much to ask from some. Yes, new issues arise, but why? If anything, racism only confuses me; however, I know it does not make sense.

It’s low to judge someone based on the color of their skin, and I’m not singling anyone out. We as PEOPLE need to GROW UP. I, personally, do not want to raise my potential children in a world where I have to explain to them that certain people of a certain color don’t like those different colored people over there. I’m just confused as to why the outside matters?

We all have blood flowing through our veins with a heart that pumps it for us, feelings and passions, hobbies, loved ones, goals and dreams; we all have a life. Racism puts all of those to shame and it’s not fair. It’s truly ridiculous that we are still fighting this battle today. We are better than that so let’s start acting like it.