This week in class we discuessed race and how many people think that it is biological, but infact it isn't. We, as society, create race and the image that comes with it. We have a certain picture in our head of what African Americans are suppose to act, sound, dress, and be like. Same for Asains, Indians, and all other races. I found it very interesting and eye opening that race is something we have created, rather than something that someone is born with. Like Sal said in class... Our blood is the same as African American's, so there really is no difference. We have judged other races and came up with these ideas of them. Not too long ago my cousin began dating this African man. He had just come here from Africa with no money. At first, I judged him and thought of him as a "gangster". But after I got to know him more and more, my opinion of him drastically changed. Not only was he FAR from gangster, but he was more like me than "them". He told me that both of his parents were killed in a genocide in him hometown in Africa. He decided to move to America to better his life. However, his brothers and sisters still live back in Africa. So every month he splits his low income paycheck and send halfs of it back to his remaining family members. I was shocked when I heard this. I had totally misjudged him. He was so kind and so not what I was expecting. I think the moral of all this is to not judge other races because of the steryotypes society gives them. People can amaze you when you least expect it.