Science Museum Race Exhibit
A couple of weekends ago, I went to the Science Museum to see the new race exhibit. I only wanted to go there so that I could do this Media Journal but when I got there, I was engulfed in everything that was going on. There were many different displays of the inequalities within the U.S. There were two parts of the museum that caught my eye the most. One was the photo of a group of people of different races wearing T-shirts with different words of what they have been called throughout history. The one white person had the same name throughout history: White. Even though every single human being has a little bit of African in them, we still treat people who are not "white" as different. There is nothing different between us, studies have shown that intelligence, behavior, and physical abilities are NOT different between races but yet we still treat people who are not "white" as being inferior to us. The other interesting part of the exhibit was the pictures that line the wall towards the back of the room. There were different people from different backgrounds, races, countries. They all had written something about themselves and what they liked about themselves. There were a few comical ones, some that were unreadable (written by a kid), and a few that explained of hardships. To see how other people felt underneath their skin really interested me because I am white and I have no idea what it is like to feel as different and discriminated against as they do.
I thought the exhibit showed a lot of interesting view points of society and how it discriminates against people of minorities but I thought there were some flaws. The biggest was that the exhibit widely showed what it was like in the United States when it comes to racism and discriminatory practices. I would like to see what it is like in other places. Is there as much racism as there is here in Japan, Russia, Germany, Australia, etc.?