Courtney Puckett RR2

The poem Theme for English B written by Langston Hughes, states that we are all related as brothers and sisters, no matter the color of our skin. Unfortunately society has built up stereotypes of different ethnicity's, which have developed into racism. Although this poem was written in 1902, this problem is still occurring today. The poem reflects that being American is a privilege; we are part of the “land of the free”, regardless of your ethnicity. The traditional “white” minority of America must accept other ethnicity's, no matter their skin color. This is because when it comes down to our genetic DNA makeup, there is no evidence that a specific gene distinguishes you from another. I just watched a video in my Ethnic Studies 101 class, a group of students in a classroom went through many tests in their school science lab. They hoped to find what component in DNA “makes” up ethnicity. The results from the tests showed that the African American student originally thought that her genetic makeup would be closer to that of a male African American student. But her genetic makeup was closer to a Caucasian female student in her class. I believe that racism is still occurring, no matter the time period, this is because the dominate race feels threatened by the inferior race.