Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Race Video

The movie Race: the power of illusion, the difference between us was a very exciting and informational film to watch. It was a story of 12 kids from different races who through testing proved that their genetics are similar and therefore they are not that much different from each other. The video told of how their should not be racial inequality based on the fact that these different races have genes that are not very different. In this video I think it told a lot about the world and how we treat each other, and that if everyone stopped and realized the facts that are portrayed in this video that there are no tremendous differences between the different races of the world and we should act as if there are no differences.
The most appealing part of the video I found was the part about athletes. Especially the part about African American athletes and the Asian American boy who plays the violin, and when they compare DNA they find out that the differences are minimal. I find that very interesting because most people would think that there are two very different skills required between the two kids, but their really isn’t they both have a close genetic make-up and could be considered close to the same race.
I found this video very interesting. I never in a million years would have thought that the different races could be so closely similar. It puts a completely new look on the way people look at each other and how I look at others. It was an excellent video to watch and I think it should be shown in schools around the world.

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