Discomfort

In her Ted Talk, Melody Hobson perfectly describes how, the U.S. in paticular, can move even further away from racism. Her main point regards color blindness, and how we are taught to ignore the problem of racism instead of fixing it. No one is born with the mindset that one race is better than another; it is a learned way of thinking. Hobson supports her claim with statistics such as, "Even though white men make up only 30% of the population,they hold 70% of corporate borad seats." There are too many statistics like Hobson's example for them to be ruled out as coincidence. Hobson also very briefly mentions being uncomfortable around people from different places. Many people do not have the ability to travel to exotic places whenever they please and may not encounter many people outside of where they are from. This makes them unfamiliar with foreign cultures and people, and unfamiliarity can lead to discomfort. Discomfort connects back to color blindness because discomfort is the reason we ignore racism and don't want to talk about it. But if people of all different races and backgrounds can step out of thier comfort zones to handle the problem of racism and discrimination, then extensive amounts of progress could be made on the issue.