Race, And What John Lennon Songs Have To Do With It.

After watching all the documentaries in Global about race and inequality in America, starting with the Watts Riots, and ending with O.J. Simpson, I began to wonder how race has changed, and how we view it today relative to how we used to view it. Upon wondering this, I stumbled across a Christmas song on the radio by John Lennon, simply and eloquently named "Happy Christmas". The lyrics within this song, go as follows; "Happy Christmas, for black and for white...For the yellow and red ones, let's stop all the fights." This came into perspective for me, because not only was this a song, so ahead of its time, preaching racial equality, outside of the confines of the American context, but it also was extremely anti-war, and very pro-peace in its denominations. So, what does this John Lennon song have to do with what we have learned in Global, about race? Perhaps, because, we have spent so much time looking at race, that we, as a school community, are very much closer to reaching a greater acceptance of cultural diversity and a love for our neighbors. We, as a whole, may be able to, at the end of the year, realize that, yes the justice system is flawed, and that race will always be an issue, and hell, that we may never escape that issue, but, we can also reflect on the idea, that at least this year, we can continue to celebrate, and accept, those around us. Maybe we can't all be John Lennon fans, but I think we can all try to be accepting. For once, maybe we should see race through John Lennon's glasses, for the good diversity brings, and the reasons behind a world diversity.