Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Racism and discrimination have been used as powerful weapons encouraging fear or hatred of others in times of conflict and war, and even during economic downturns.
There are many causes of racism but here are many of the causes.
One reason is because some people have Xenophobia, the fear of people who are different.(http://www.stophate.us/racism/racismcause.html) The people who have Xenophobia tend to discriminate people who are different from other people and …show more content…
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They are afraid for many other reasons that there are too many reasons to tell.
The third reason is ignorance of other cultures, religions, and values. Many people who are religious or have a certain culture they believe in will continue to enforce and do things that their ancestors did throughout many generations. (http://www.stophate.us/racism/racismcause.html)
The fourth and final reason is racism is used by governments to excuse systemic and systematic oppression and human rights abuses. The government 's use racism in many situations and make the society worse and change people’s belief on other people due to their race, beliefs, and religion. Most people will follow what the government says (www.stophate.us)
One question asked by many is “Is it possible to end racism” well Debate.org took a survey 82% of people say Yes, It is possible to end racism, however, 18% of people say No, it is not possible to end racism. Well, we are gonna look at both sides of the story and why people believe we can and why people believe we …show more content…
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