Observation Journal # 3

I was walking down the street with a friend the other day and we saw a nice drive by. I didn't notice the driver was black until my friend said "that must be stolen." I'll admit I smiled initially because it caught me off guard, but i went on to tell him how bad of a thing that was to say. We didn't talk about it after that and went on to another topic. This is just one of those little comments that people say here and there and no one really pays attention to. This just shows how normalized racism is in our society and i realized that these things happen all the time and i rarely think about it. I don't often find myself thinking racist thoughts or saying anything like that, but i will admit i have laughed at jokes other people say. I think that most people have and it is kind of hard to avoid living in the real world. I would like to think that I don't stereotype alot, but i know that i do and i think that if people were more concious of this it would be for the better