The presence of passive racism is difficult to dissipate within society because we are accustomed to it. Next, active racism consists of actions that have stated that their goal is to maintain the system of oppression against those who are targeted racial groups such as Black, Indian, Asian or Hispanic. Active Racism operates differently towards people of color because it is more violent and systematic. As an example, hate crimes and police brutality are still on the rise which not only causes harm but it can also lead to the death of various people from the Black community. Consequently, in the same way active racism consequently affects people from other marginalized groups in similar ways. That being the case, after the current tragedy in Paris due to ISIS, hate related crimes towards Muslims are on a constant rise – multiple Muslim women and men are being killed due to the face that they are Muslim and some people have now created an internalized fear towards them and are now specifically acting out on it. In the end, both active and passive racism impact society negatively and affect the lives of
The presence of passive racism is difficult to dissipate within society because we are accustomed to it. Next, active racism consists of actions that have stated that their goal is to maintain the system of oppression against those who are targeted racial groups such as Black, Indian, Asian or Hispanic. Active Racism operates differently towards people of color because it is more violent and systematic. As an example, hate crimes and police brutality are still on the rise which not only causes harm but it can also lead to the death of various people from the Black community. Consequently, in the same way active racism consequently affects people from other marginalized groups in similar ways. That being the case, after the current tragedy in Paris due to ISIS, hate related crimes towards Muslims are on a constant rise – multiple Muslim women and men are being killed due to the face that they are Muslim and some people have now created an internalized fear towards them and are now specifically acting out on it. In the end, both active and passive racism impact society negatively and affect the lives of