Ch. 36 Crossing the Color Line

This article talks about how the Color Line is the main problem of the 20th century and about different ways to eliminate this line so it will no longer be a problem in the 21st century. It mainly focuses on empathy, or the ability to "feel with", another person. Being able to identify and relate to other people rather then pointing out differences is a large step to take in erasing this color line. I agree with one certain part a lot where it says empathy encourages individuals to respect and appreciate cultural differences instead of simply erasing or ignoring them, and encourages communication that is nonjudgmental and accepting of others. Another good point that is made is when it talks about implicature which is the notion that human beings are linguistically, materially, psychologically, and spiritually interrelated which I think is very true that everyone is involved with everyone somehow and we need to learn to get along and help each other rather then split up and not communicate with each other. I think that our generation is a lot more open to accepting people of different races and cultures then generations in the past and I do think it will only continue to get better and hopefully we can install a sort of rhetorical ideal of life that they talk about where it means taking implicature and not just acknowledging that it exists but working with it and knowing that no matter what everyone is interdependent and interrelated. If people can branch out and become more open I think everything would go better and this Color Line could possibly be erased for good.

Questions: 1) Would you feel comfortable asking personal questions to a person of another race knowing that you weren't racist and were just curious?

2) How long do you think it will take for the Color Line to be erased? Or do you think it is possible to be erased at all?

3) Why do you think the whole Color Line got started and why?