The scabs that won’t heal: Racial injustice, stereotypes and
social ills By DeShuna Spencer new america media America is in
denial. Everyday millions of us of various ethnicities,
religions and sexual orientations congregate together in our
places of work, at our schools/universities and public spaces
exchanging politically correct pleasantries as we interact with
each other. All the while, boiling deep, down inside many of us
lies unconscious, deep-seated stereotypes and misconceptions
about the very people (co-workers, neighbors, store patrons,
etc.) we come in contact with on a daily basis; and we've been
carrying these racial wounds since childhood. Don't believe me?
Two years ago, CNN conducted a study on children's attitudes on
race. In one of the segments, a 5-year-old white girl from
Georgia was asked a series of questions based on a board that
had pictures of identical looking cartoon-type girls that ranged
in skin color for light to dark. When the interviewer asked the
girl who is smart, the 5-year-