Is Being Racist Advantageous?

The ethical issues of racism are centered around the questions we mentioned in our presentation. Is it necessary to resolve racism, Is being racist morally forbidden, Is being racist advantageous. To explain the significance of each question I’ll start by examining the first question. The point to asking if it was necessary to resolve racism was to provoke discussion on whether or not racism is tolerable in society and if not why. This question could lead to confront possible steps in resolving racism and really just get people to talk about the subject instead of shrugging it off. The point to asking if being racist was morally forbidden was to show that it’s pretty common place to say racism is wrong but people rarely go further than that. We wanted to explore why it was wrong and provoke discussion to show similarities in beliefs of the modern era. Finally the reason behind asking if being racist was advantageous was to explore the undeserved privileges granted to some. We wanted to really focus on why people are having a hard time confronting racism, on example being white privilege and how a large majority of white people have a problem accepting that there are racial problems in their communities. Through this question we explored one reason racism is prevalent in a modern and …show more content…
The article confronted the fact that while our problem with racism isn’t as violent and loud as that of the United States our problem is just as prevelant and just as serious. The author mentions how racism is very prevalent in Canadian society yet the subject of race is rarely talked about as Canadians in general prefer to stay quiet and not cause trouble. The article suggest that in that aspect the United States is in a better position as they are more open to discussion of race they are closer to solving