Culture - the arts and beliefs of a society in their way of life. Ethnicity- belonging to a specific social group that shares a common culture, or ethnic traits. Race- a classification of human beings created by Europeans. These are just labels that people created to define others. Then we started to abuse these labels associating it with religion and defining others based on their looks. Discriminating one race just because the other race feels superior. Racism. It 's what we the people created.
Racism is one of the many man-made beliefs a hatred that cannot be easily removed from the mind as it possesses the power to manifest itself. This belief can, and has lasted for generations. Nelson Mandela was a man who spent a lifetime trying to …show more content…
71% are Europeans, 14% Maori, 11% Asians, 7.6% Pacific, 1% Middle Eastern, Latin American, African, 28% are Muslims, and 5.4% are undefined. That 's a lot of ethnic groups. So clearly New Zealand is one of the most diverse western countries. However, New Zealand 's census data shows that 10% of New Zealand 's population feels strongly discriminated against their racial background and skin colour. That 's only 343,000 New Zealanders surveyed in the last 12 months and out of that number of people are mostly Asians, Pacific and Maori that feel discriminated, either at work or on the street and mainly when they are being pulled over by the police for checking. Racial profiling. It 's common in New Zealand but it 's not as bad as the situation in America where the law enforcement officers there resort to extreme gun violence where they actually kill people based on their appearance. But racial profiling cannot be ignored either. Although police try to be cautiously skeptical, locals still find it an offence. So as a nation, New Zealand is widely known as a non-racist country. However… I think as individuals or in certain communities, racial stereotyping is common. Honestly, there can never be a country that will have no racial discrimination…. …show more content…
Personally, social media brought forward the ugliness that has shown me that, most of the comments on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are mostly racial, relating to religion and aimed at the most discriminated ethnic groups. African Americans, Muslims, Indians… there 's just too many to even say. I mean we have come to a point as a global society where we look at one another and immediately think about the absolute worst of that individual, and relate their appearance to their "assumably" racial background. A strong example would be Muslims. Just because they 're Muslim and wear their cultural clothes in public in a Western country doesn 't mean that they 're terrorists or planning a terrorist attack….not every Muslim has been involved in an act of terrorism. I mean… come on. It 's like blaming our genetic makeup for being a human even though we have similar blood types, bone structure and only a skin and eye colour
Racism is one of the many man-made beliefs a hatred that cannot be easily removed from the mind as it possesses the power to manifest itself. This belief can, and has lasted for generations. Nelson Mandela was a man who spent a lifetime trying to …show more content…
71% are Europeans, 14% Maori, 11% Asians, 7.6% Pacific, 1% Middle Eastern, Latin American, African, 28% are Muslims, and 5.4% are undefined. That 's a lot of ethnic groups. So clearly New Zealand is one of the most diverse western countries. However, New Zealand 's census data shows that 10% of New Zealand 's population feels strongly discriminated against their racial background and skin colour. That 's only 343,000 New Zealanders surveyed in the last 12 months and out of that number of people are mostly Asians, Pacific and Maori that feel discriminated, either at work or on the street and mainly when they are being pulled over by the police for checking. Racial profiling. It 's common in New Zealand but it 's not as bad as the situation in America where the law enforcement officers there resort to extreme gun violence where they actually kill people based on their appearance. But racial profiling cannot be ignored either. Although police try to be cautiously skeptical, locals still find it an offence. So as a nation, New Zealand is widely known as a non-racist country. However… I think as individuals or in certain communities, racial stereotyping is common. Honestly, there can never be a country that will have no racial discrimination…. …show more content…
Personally, social media brought forward the ugliness that has shown me that, most of the comments on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram are mostly racial, relating to religion and aimed at the most discriminated ethnic groups. African Americans, Muslims, Indians… there 's just too many to even say. I mean we have come to a point as a global society where we look at one another and immediately think about the absolute worst of that individual, and relate their appearance to their "assumably" racial background. A strong example would be Muslims. Just because they 're Muslim and wear their cultural clothes in public in a Western country doesn 't mean that they 're terrorists or planning a terrorist attack….not every Muslim has been involved in an act of terrorism. I mean… come on. It 's like blaming our genetic makeup for being a human even though we have similar blood types, bone structure and only a skin and eye colour