A world unlike our own

The Robber Queen's is a book with a reverse world of racism. The beginning of the novel begins with a world of mainly people of color. At one point, Tan-Tan talks about how most people would not tell people if they had any "Euro" within them. It is a world different from our own.

This made me start thinking about racism and our country today. For the most part, all races are equal, but there is still racism in nearly every aspect of our country. There are still white men in the most powerful positions (with the exception of Obama now), most media has mainly white people, the lowest socioeconomic classes are filled with mainly people of color and our textbooks still only incorporate white American history. This is not the worse part thouggh, one of the worst beliefs in America today is that racism is dead because Obama was elected. This is a misconception that only a white person could hold. This is why the world of the Robber Queen is so interesting. I think it would be intriguing to see all the white people in America live as a minority. I think they would learn a lot.

If suddenly there was a shift in racial power, would racism cease to exist? No. Even in the Robber Queen racism is still prevalent. It will be a long while before racism can be fully overcome. We, as humans, love to segregate and create heirarchical systems. Racism will only truly be gone when there is only one race. When all humans have been together long enough that all races mold together if our race is still here that is.