Peace can only occur when people acknowledge the mistakes of the past. By that, I mean that white people have to accept responsibility for slavery, and black people have to forgive. There will be progress in race relations, maybe even in America, but there is a whole world out there killing each other over their differences, and it will be a long time before it is over. I want my children to answer this questionnaire with very positive answers about how there is a reason why we all have to put away our differences and make this world better and equal for all. Francesca Hispanic College, Colorado Better than I have.
Every generation wants something better for the next.
I hope that my children answer these question about the same as I did, but some answers will say that race is not a factor in life. Either they improve or they're going to deteriorate until America will be separated into several racial enclaves, just like the former Yugoslavia. See, right now America is at a turning point, a point where race relations will either make or break this nation. If the government and the people don't start to change their attitudes towards race relations, then 50 years down the line, American will just become another Yugoslavia. I don't believe that politics, education, sociology, etc. have any effect on race relations.