Tim Wise and Brown Vs. Board

-Watching Tim Wise's videos was interesting. He made many good points on how racism still exist's today and that unless people of color are "medicore" as white people, than racism and inequailty will always exist. He also references to Brown vs. board and how it may have stopped inequailty, but it did not stop racism and racism is still a factor in today's society, which is in a way making people of color unequal. Wise also ties in Baraka Obama with racism still existing. He explains just because we have a black president, does not mean that racism has stopped. It does not mean that black people have easier lives all of a sudden and doesn not mean that people who are racist repect him.
-There are few colored people who are repescted as a higher authority, and everything about them says SCWAAMP except for their skin color. Obama for example lives by the "white power" laws. He lives in an upscale neighborhood, speaks "proper" language, is straight and married, is a male, is in the higher bracket of economic status and is able-bodied. This plays a huge role in why we except these people of color as higher authorities. I Took a class in highschool about african americans and we learned a lot about Obama and why people would vote for him. A reason we discussed is that even though he is african american, his skin is very light compared to what people envision when they think "black". I think that this is a small part in it but I think it does play a role in it.
Since I took the african american history class, I also learned a lot about Brown Vs. Board. We dd whole units on such events as this, that were seen as a turning point in african history. I agree with Tim about this subject in how it ended segregation but not racism. My dad is probably a good example of this. He grew up in the 50's when segregation was going on, and to this day my father is still racist. We have fights over dinner about racism issues and I don't blame him for his beliefs even though I think he is wrong, it is just how he was brought up and what he told was the right thing to feel.