The Sport of Racism

The other day in class, we were asked to classify different balls by their characteristics. I grouped the balls together based on their color. This activity was used as a metaphor do teach the class racism. The class came up with several different ways to classify the balls. There was no wrong way to group them just like there is no wrong way to classify humans. Tall, small, black, white... The list goes on! However, when balls with different patterns needed to be grouped, the classifications became more difficult. In society, there are so many different types of people that it is really unfair to divide people up into groups. Isn't America supposed to be a "melting pot?"

Monopoly

When we played Monopoly, I was the "top hat."

My social status was pretty high; how cool is that?

Although my social status was high,

I couldn't change my social status, no matter how hard I tried!

My dad is a doctor and works at Marquette.

He provides the money for everything I get.

My parents are in the same social class as their childhood days.

They work hard to provide for the kids that they raise.

Upper-middle class will hopefully be my status, too.

I'll work as hard as I can to earn the same money that my parents do!