Police say it was race related. All puns aside, racism is a serious issue in the U.S. In essence, racism will never be abolished and people will always hate a specific type of people based on their skin color or their origins. Racism has greatly died down but still exists today. Even though it will always be present, people still devise ways to combat it.

Racism is the most common among African American people. Most types of hate is directed towards them. However, racism occurs for every race, even Caucasians. Jokes are founded upon racism as well. The majority of the time, jokes that relate to stereotypical situations are funny. Even though some of these jokes may cross the line, it needs to be understood that they are jokes, whether they are true or not.

I have never taken much offense to racism. People associate my race with being good at mathematics. Honestly, thats more of a compliment than a derogatory assumption. Likewise, jokes are made about how Asians can have their last name “named” by throwing a coin into a jar. I take no offense to these jokes and I laugh along with them as well. The famous “squinty” eyes where asians have “squintier” eyes than normal people seems only to be a common misconception. As far as I can tell, Asian individuals can open their eyes just as wide.

Racism and stereotyping will always be present regardless of the race. However, it’s a good mindset to not always listen to the things people say about you. I think that race will never be completely gone from any type of society because it is only human nature to believe that oneself is superior.

(In case you haven’t gotten the initial joke, race in those terms refer to a running race rather than a person’s race. You would think that it would refer to gang activity however, pistols were fired to signal the start of a race).