3 Types Of Racism Research Paper

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”- Martin Luther King Jr Racism has always been a very hot topic in American culture; with racism dating back to before the country was even officially founded. Most of the time when people hear the word racism, they automatically either think of the unfair treatment and attitude towards blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Muslims, Caucasians, and many more nationalities. According the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, racism is defined as;” a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities ant that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.” In this essay, I will discuss the three main types of racism, which are scientific, individual, and institutional racism. Scientific racism uses scientific claims and notions to justify and support racial beliefs. The concept of scientific racism was first used early in the 18th century, but then strongly used …show more content…
Individual racism can include an employer not hiring a person, giving harder and more strenuous duties, giving harder working conditions, failing to promote, or firing an employee because of his/her race. Individual racism can take on the forms of racial prejudice (pre-conceived opinions about certain individuals based solely on race), racial discrimination (discriminating people on skin color, cultural heritage, and religion), cultural racial discrimination, and same-race racism. Same-race is when members of one race compare behaviors or appearances of other members of their same race as being related to negative features of another race. For example, some darker skinned African-Americans disliking lighter skinned African-Americans because they have lighter