"Making Whiteness Visible"

The movie that was shown in the LBJ teaching theater give me some sort of hope. "Making Whiteness Visible" was about white people being hurt by racism against races other than white. For example, a man in the movie had a step father who he loved greatly, but who happened to be black. And he had to live his life realizing that he was treated differently while with his step father. It hurt him deeply that people could not accept him having a black father. The movie and discussion afterward seemed to allow people to express their feelings and experiences with racism. It seems like although people are more open than they used to be about different races and people that look and act differently than them, there is still racism out there that needs to be fought. The issue of racism does not just affect those that take the ridicule, it also hurts those people that want to help to stop it but don't know how. That was a big issue in the movie, that white people wanted to help to end racism but couldn't figure out how.
Also, there was an underlying issue that a few audience members pointed out. That the movie was seen differently from different people. A white man stood up and explained that the movie he saw was vastly different that the movie a black women saw. Depending on your experiences, the movie affected you in different ways. This movie opened my eyes to the work that still needs to be done to end racism.