Kelsey Hamm
Boone, NC
Our world has recently adapted to the idea of colorblindness, or the concept that race doesn’t matter. However, to look at two people and disregard their race actually perpetuates racism. The color of your skin, as well as your ethnicity, will at least partially determine the experience you have in America. It is fair to say that anyone perceived as non-white in this country will experience prejudice some point, and to ignore that fact is to ignore the racial inequality that still exists between the races. Yes, a white person may experience race prejudice at some point, but this does not change the fact that if you are white, the institutions of America are set up to help you succeed, while other races often struggle within them.
