It was at this point that I believe Copland came to the realization we are all racist and products of our environments to some extent. The key is not to deny that we have prejudices, but to acknowledge them and try to work through them.
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| I think the tipping point in Copland's life was the day he was out jogging and he saw the black gentlemen in the car. He wanted to call the police because they seemed out of place, but he wasn't sure if he thought they were out of place because they were black. He didn't want to think he was going to call the police just because they were black. He argued with himself for quite sometime. Finally, he made the decision to call. As it turned out, the gentlemen he called the police on, were robbing that house. He felt relieved, but he had to ask himself if he was relieved because his possible racism was justified. He was afraid that he had become one of "those" people who had plagued his life for so many years. It was at this point that I believe Copland came to the realization we are all racist and products of our environments to some extent. The key is not to deny that we have prejudices, but to acknowledge them and try to work through them. |
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