After reading and reviewing the racism pieces, I conclude that racism is a constant struggle for personal and/or group promotion. Clay Routledge describes the psychological motives of racism in his paper “Exploring the Psychological Motives of Racism”. He speaks of how one person or group of people will put another down to make themselves feel more powerful and important. They feel more secure and dominant over the others. As told in Jack Schafer’s “Racism: A Power Struggle by a Different Name”, the higher power may only pay attention to the minority if they believe the group poses a real threat to their cause. In the end though, the minority will rise to overpower the larger force and start the next cycle of racism.
