Race is only skin deep

Race in America is a huge seperater of people. Americans have a hard time looking past skin color and see what is really on the inside of the person. When people stereotype its usually to make themselves feel more comfortable. If they assume they already know how a person "is" they feel as if they have an excuse not to get to know them or give them the time of day. A huge part of race is that it is solely the pigment of the skin. Inside, everyone is the same. We all have a family, dreams, a job, and our own problems. It doesnt help when people make assumptions based on someone's skin to not get a chance to know more about them. All accross the world this is a problem, its not only America. In other countries, such as Sudan and Rwanda, genocide is going on between people of the same color. I'm so grateful that American's, though all different colors, all live here for one thing: Freedom. We dont have the same horrible violence as frequent and as dynamic as in other countries, but we do have the horrible stereotypes. I think that these are slowly changing and I try my hardest to make a difference. Plus Ghandi said that we have to be the change we want to see in the world. By losing stereotypes, one day we can all live in a happy, colorful place.