Racism
- Introduction
- One of the world’s major issues today is racism.
- Many people are still unaware that it still exists in our workforce, schools and in our social lives.
- Racism is bad as it has numerous negative effects especially to the affected party (Valls, 2005).
- An individual is not born a racist but grows to be one in adulthood.
- How the person becomes a racist is determined by how they are brought up.
Thesis statement
- Racism can never be beneficial as it is more harmful to the people causing social problems.
- Body
- Paragraph 1
- Racism brings in frustration to the affected person as they tend to become angrier with themselves (Nunnally, 2012).
- They do not appreciate themselves as they are considered to be of less importance.
- Immigrants have been subject to racism more than any other group of people together with their generations (Sullivan, 2014).
- Disturbance is a psychological factor that can be considered to be a root cause of racism causing frustration (Sullivan, 2014).
- Hatred is felt and through racism it is increased.
- It causes a division hence an ugly act (Nunnally, 2012).
- Paragraph 2
- Superiority and inferiority as a result of racism that has brought division amongst the people (Valls, 2005).
- Their lives are shattered and destroyed to an extent that they do not have equal access to healthcare facilities, employment opportunities and unfair hearings in the justice system.
- Prejudice continues to endanger a certain group of people as they are evaluated on the basis of their races (Sullivan, 2014).
- It is a painful experience to the involved party.
- Efficiency and productivity is greatly affected (Valls, 2005).
- Antagonism is experienced by the inferior race.
- Chauvinism plays a great role as it is practiced by the superior race.
- Paragraph 3
- Racial discrimination is a problem of racism that mostly affects the minority teens affecting their self-esteem (Valls, 2005).
- Where a black teen is identified as a shoplifter then the whole black community feels the burden (Valls, 2005).
- Wrong judgment is mostly passed to the weaker race affecting the whole society especially where jury is not evenly composed.
- Racism is a bad influence on the people as it generalizes the whole race in accordance with an act performed (Sullivan, 2014).
- In most cases the wrongs of an individual are considered to be the wrongs of the whole race (Sullivan, 2014).
- Conclusion
- Racism in the society affects all the people as it is a negative form of energy.
- It is a burden to all people as there is stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
- Racism can be presented on different platforms such as social practices and in the political systems.
- Racism ideology underlies in the racist's practices that sub-divide the distinct groups.
- There is denial of equal chances
- Racism causes discrimination and conflicts.
- Racism discrimination is more harmful to the individuals and the society at large.
Reference
Nunnally, S. C. (2012). Trust in Black America: Race, discrimination, and politics. New York: New York University Press.
Sullivan, S. (2014). Good white people: The problem with middle-class white anti-racism. Albany : SUNY Press
Valls, A. (2005). Race and racism in modern philosophy. Ithaca [u.a.: Cornell Univ. Press.