Title: Racism
Topic: racism in the society
Outline
- Introduction.
- Body
- a) History
- b) Racism in today’s world.
- Effect of racism.
- Conclusion.
Introduction
Racism can be defined as any action of discrimination or segregation due to someone origin or skin color. This is a word used when describing evil or wrong done to due to culture or ethnic basis. In most cases, racism exists where the majority group is misusing their power to segregate the minorities. The engine of racism is when a particular race thinks or believes they are superior to the other. What defines a character is an inner person which is determined by where you were born. Racism creates the hatred of one person to another by having some believes that the other one is less human reason being his or her skin color or the language he or she speaks or the place of birth. Racism can cause war among nations or tribes.
Racism is being created when some people group themselves according to the way they look like. Also if a certain group of people develops a feeling of unworthiness, they will feel uncomfortable with other people and start mingling together. Some people may start living in a certain environment due to ignorance and lack of proper education forcing to the formation of certain segregation to be created (Jones 22).
Racism in the history
In history racism was more rampant than today’s history, for example, there was a huge racism in past years on western towards the Asians and Africans. This racism was so serious to an extent of Africa acting as slaves in the west countries. In 15th centuries some Portuguese invaded African territories and started owning without any consultation, this is another definition of Racism. After Portuguese missionary stated missionaries in Africa they even made African work for them for free (Fredrickson 65-67).
During the colonial era in Africa there was a huge racial segregation in some countries, for example in some of the countries there was some schools for white people and others for black people. There were still some public vehicles where no any black could be allowed to use. Some Africans were still not even around to use some of the roads conserved for the white settlers.
Racism in today’s world
In the today's life, racism has reduced but it has not come to an end. Even In this century few individuals still have that negative perspective of their fellows depending on their skin color. For example in the U.S politics even if a huge progress has been made when electing a black president still the hold huge shares in the elective posts. Some of the white politicians can be heard during their campaigns making some negative points regards the fellow American due to the color or origin. This shows that the racial prejudice has not been exhausted. Some of the employers also deny people employment opportunities reason being they are of a certain race. Some of these employers employ people from their own community even if they have not qualified for those positions as compared with others (Trepagnier 09).
Most of the citizens are less concerned when it became in creating racial dialogue reason being their prejudice. Racism is being brought by a fundamental misunderstanding. Most people fear to interact with others depending with their fear of places they come from. Some of them think they are poor as compared to others. Some are not aware these fear can only be brought to an end if there is some exchange of ideas.
Effect of Racism
In most case, racism can cause social and psychological problems which can cause death due to lowering of their esteem. People will create negative mentality every day towards their relatives, boss, and friends which can cause depression and finally death. It can also result in a huge division within the community. As people continue to get mistreated they develop a sense of humiliation which can force someone to be very dangerous hence can cause violence and death. Racism can destroy the individual and the entire world in whole because the bottom line of harassment is genocide (Bell 88).
Conclusion
All the above arguments are being based on wrong understanding of the word race. People are not supposed to be grouped according to their races, shape and so on. In some white countries, we can be able to identify some unique characters that can develop something on the similar basis some Asians; Chinese and African have the similar skills. This explains how human beings are similar in the entire universe.
Every individual should be given similar opportunities no matter where he comes from or how they look like. In today’s date united states have tried to provide some equal opportunity and fight racism but have they have not fully managed. If we manage to interact by dialogue we are going to encourage intercommunication. In schools, the syllabuses should always emphasize on racial segregation. The student may be encouraged to create groups which talk about racial problems and their effect on the community. Any barrier to end racism should be eliminated by both citizen and government bodies.
Works Cited
Bell, Derrick A. Race, racism, and American law. Aspen Pub, 2004.
Fredrickson, George M. Racism: A short history. Princeton University Press, 2015.
Jones, James M. "Prejudice and racism." McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages (1997).
Trepagnier, Barbara. "Silent racism: How well-meaning white people perpetuate the racial divide." Paradigm Pub, 2010.
