Racism In Today's Society

In today’s society, there are a lot of things I wish I had the power to fix. Poverty, environmental issues, and racism are all things that I believe need to change. However, I want to key in on racism since it is something that has been in the headlines recently with the Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin cases. Whether or not these shootings had to do with race is based on personal opinion. Either way, it has abruptly brought racism into public view. One can’t deny the splintering fact that racism is still alive in 2015. Racism is defined as 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. As seen in the definition, racism isn’t only towards African Americans; it can be toward any race. Since I am …show more content…
A lot of people are oblivious to the consequences of racism while some people don’t know how commonly it still exists. Spreading the word about racism in today’s society will surely make a step in the direction we need to go to end this small minded way of thinking. Stereotypical ways of thinking need to come to an end if we want to see racism end. It is a common stereotype that black people are grammatically incorrect, indirectly labeling them as uneducated and illiterate. This stereotype is wrong and very humiliating. This stereotypes and stereotypes like it need to stop, people who categorize blacks like this don’t see how much damage it causes and it is treated like a joke. My last proposal on how to end racism is for people of color to forgive. African Americans commonly hold grudges towards white people in the name of slavery. Slavery ended in 1865, over 100 years ago and it needs to be put behind us. Slavery is something that lingers in almost every African American’s mind, it is hurtful to think about but whites today can’t be blamed for the wrongdoing of their