Before arriving in the US, I just know about discrimination between white and black people in the US from history classes and also movie. I guess that was really long time ago. Those discrimation faded with time. However, i believe that those separation still exist in the US. I don't really have much of examples maybe because I am in Fargo, a not very big city. During my trip to Minneapolis, MN, there was a street that many Afro-Americans waiting for bus or something, without any White-American. From there i can see that the separation is still there. From what i heard from my friends, this kind of separation are more rigid in big cities like NY etc. Besides, i can see that some afro-american students only mixed among themselves.
I hope that i can treat everyone the same. Undeniable, i have little discrimination on foreigners in my country too. It is not really a discrimination but a 'to be more cautious feeling'. So, I believe that there are people out there who are racist, discriminative etc. I can't control what people's thinking. It is not easy to get people's trust. What i can do is be truthful when making friends or doing anything.
I dont know that if my circle of friends are influence by discrimination. In my stay in the US so far, I made more friends of international student than American. Maybe it is because we have something is common. Like all of us away from home, family, friends and country. Thus, we are more connected. As time goes by, i made a lots of American friends too. I dont really feel any discrimation from American. I believe that we are all human, if you interested in me then we can become friend, if you not then we just hi-bye friend. If someone dont want to talk to me, maybe there is something wrong with me or maybe her/him. As long as i think that i am doing nothing wrong, I wont be sad if someone avoided me. I am just being myself :)
Well, if i really did something wrong, I hope there are someone to correct me too. I welcome any feedback from others. Make myself better!
