Racism Sexism And Bullying

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Racism, Sexism, and Bullying
Imagine, you walk into a store, and you go about your business picking up items and placing them in your cart to buy them. The store clerk follows you around, and as your cart fills up he glares at you. After while, he rudely asks if you can even pay for any of that. You are a black female, and this store clerk has just treated you rudely based on your skin color and sex. How would you feel? Racism, sexism, and bullying are still very much common in today’s society.
People have created memes, vines, and cruel jokes that are racist towards blacks virtually everywhere. In the news, you can constantly hear stories where black men did something wrong, and the white police tried to arrest them, and everything escalated.

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