Racism in America is More Subliminal Than Ever Before

Here I am in a small town an hour Northwest of Atlanta, GA. Beautiful town, big pretty mountains and lush green trees, beautiful ancient Native American landmarks, and lots of small town charm. There is also a lot of history in this small town. The Civil War once fought on this land is also the home of many old time racists bigots.

What landed me here in Cartersville, GA was the lack of knowledge of how this town really was. I fell in love with the scenery and the distance from the City. This is a good place to raise children, at least until someone called me a high yellow spic. The nerve of this man to try and downgrade me, who had done nothing to him. This redneck hillbilly who smelled of Moonshine and dog and looked like something out of an old outhouse. That's when I realized, racism still exists, even in me when I'm pissed off enough, and that's what's really sad.

In the media we see all kinds of commercials and shows that send subliminal refrences of racism in America. For instance, take a McDonald's commercial, and the one that advertises the $1 menu is laden with African American people, to indicate the lack of funds, so we eat cheap. Then the McD's commercial that advertises the salads and premium sandwiches is laden with Caucasian people who have money. Weird Huh? All Latin Americans are percieved in the media as oversexed beasts with tight clothes and thick Spanish accents and no education, while Asian people are percieved as Chinky eyed computer geeks with no sense of style or grace. What the hell is going on with all of these stereotypes in our society? Hello, people in case you all didn't realize, we are all the same.