The Color Of Fear Essay

In life, everyone experiences hardships - this is only to be expected; it’s our ability to overcome these hardships, however, that makes us human. Conquering these challenges that are set before us can be difficult, but it is never impossible. Not everyone can say that they have witnessed first-hand the negative impacts microaggressions (in regards to: gender, class, race, national origin, etc.) and racism inevitably causes in the lives of individuals and their families but I, for one, can. The film “the Color of Fear: A film” (Wah et al., 1994) gave me the opportunity to challenge my understanding and character as an individual. It gave me a sense of purpose to continue educating others, to fight social injustice, and to be as humane as possible.

“The fear of color: A film” (Wah et al., 1994) brought mixed emotions; Happiness, individuals from different backgrounds, experiences, and paths came together to discuss, understand, and learn about their experiences, knowledge, and understanding about racism as a whole. Confusion, trying to understand the WHYs and HOWs even after continuous

One of my goals is to fight injustice and demonstrate others that it is okay to stand up for yourself and others, to not be scare of speaking up, and to educate others when necessary. We (people of color), have to set an example to future generations. Therefore, I believe Higher Education institutions should offer freshman seminar classes in which students are exposed to topics such as: diversity, racism, privilege, etc. Also, staff, educators, and/or other professionals should be required to attend a diversity workshop every other semester. Acceptance and understanding have to start somewhere, but from what I know most current Higher Educational professionals are not doing much to make a change and bring a inclusive environment where everyone can actually be