Race in America

The discussion of race in America is a ridiculous and cliche conversation. Although our country has a terrible history with race relations, the conversation now is just plain old, old. I do realize that there still are and always will be racist in the world. But now we live in a progressive modern time. I believe that race means nothing, the color of someones skin should not mean anything at all,but a classification. We do live in an era that white people are more privileged than other races, but this is quickly changing. As a relatively young country we have made great strides since the beginning. When America was founded 235 years ago we had slavery for 163 years before that and only ended it about 100 years after our founding. And Black people have only really had civil rights for about 50 years. In our short existence as a country we have made great leaps in full equality. Because the generations from the civil rights era are still around there may still be animosity towards people of other races, but this is soon to change, with the baby boomers slowly dying out, the younger generations are taking in leadership roles. The younger generations are the ones who are more excepting and will make even more strides in ending our self imposed segregation.
What surprises me most about when people talk about race is how stereotypes drive their statements. When people talk like this the separation just becomes greater. If we want to truly end segregation we need to look past and ignore the color of someones skin. Race means nothing, it is the person that counts. That person can contribute greatly to any conversation and any society.
If places are truly wanting to be diverse they need to ignore color. Everyone from every race is capable of great things. Diversity should not be forced upon an institution, but eagerly brought in unintentionally. This means that taking people in for who they are not what they look like. I know people may need assistance due to their living situation due to the still on going racism in America; this should be the only thing that should be considered with race. It is true that the majority of minorities in America are not as privileged as white people. With this being true financial assistance is the only thing that should be based off of race and need.
As a progressive society with the younger generations as the front men/women, we should fight to unintentionally bring diversity to American institutions, as in ignore the color of someone and accept them for who they are not what they look like.