Topic > My Father's Side of the Past, Present, and Future

As I stated before, I come from Scottish, Irish, and English descent, which makes me white. Some people in my family are prejudiced and unfortunately discriminate. My maternal grandmother tends to be a little prejudicial, because she was raised in a time when everything was good. She was born in 1933 on the East Coast, grew up and graduated from a segregated school. He really saw a lot of things happen while he was growing up and even now. I mean, it went from segregation to having a half-African-American president! I can say that I do not have prejudices or discriminate like most of my family. They tend to lump people from different minority groups together. They tend to do this by using stereotypical or racist labels for groups. I really don't think my family has come to realize that we will soon be the minority in this country. They haven't really changed their opinion on minority groups, even though times are constantly changing. My mother's family side tends to think more of a prejudicial or discriminatory side of things with minority groups. I have tried to talk to them about some issues and they are very determined in their way of thinking. I really think it's sad to see them like this. I don't think they've had a chance to give them a sense of some of the things that minority groups have faced