Racism

1. Introduction
2. One of the world’s major issues today is racism.
3. Many people are still unaware that it still exists in our workforce, schools and in our social lives.
4. Racism is bad as it has numerous negative effects especially to the affected party (Valls, 2005).
5. An individual is not born a racist but grows to be one in adulthood.
6. How the person becomes a racist is determined by how they are brought up.

 Thesis statement

6. Racism can never be beneficial as it is more harmful to the people causing social problems.
7. Body
8. Paragraph 1
9. Racism brings in frustration to the affected person as they tend to become angrier with themselves (Nunnally, 2012).
10. They do not appreciate themselves as they are considered to be of less importance.
11. Immigrants have been subject to racism more than any other group of people together with their generations (Sullivan, 2014).
12. Disturbance is a psychological factor that can be considered to be a root cause of racism causing frustration (Sullivan, 2014).
13. Hatred is felt and through racism it is increased.
14. It causes a division hence an ugly act (Nunnally, 2012).
15. Paragraph 2
16. Superiority and inferiority as a result of racism that has brought division amongst the people (Valls, 2005).
17. 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.
18. Prejudice continues to endanger a certain group of people as they are evaluated on the basis of their races (Sullivan, 2014).
19. It is a painful experience to the involved party.
20. Efficiency and productivity is greatly affected (Valls, 2005).
21. Antagonism is experienced by the inferior race.
22. Chauvinism plays a great role as it is practiced by the superior race.
23. Paragraph 3
24. Racial discrimination is a problem of racism that mostly affects the minority teens affecting their self-esteem (Valls, 2005).
25. Where a black teen is identified as a shoplifter then the whole black community feels the burden (Valls, 2005).
26. Wrong judgment is mostly passed to the weaker race affecting the whole society especially where jury is not evenly composed.
27. Racism is a bad influence on the people as it generalizes the whole race in accordance with an act performed (Sullivan, 2014).
28. In most cases the wrongs of an individual are considered to be the wrongs of the whole race (Sullivan, 2014).

 

• Conclusion

1. Racism in the society affects all the people as it is a negative form of energy.
2. It is a burden to all people as there is stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
3. Racism can be presented on different platforms such as social practices and in the political systems.
4. Racism ideology underlies in the racist's practices that sub-divide the distinct groups.
5. There is denial of equal chances
6. Racism causes discrimination and conflicts.
7. 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.