Racism Today

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Probably, when we think about racism as a matter of fact we think of slaves, or forced work, but it is not only that. The history of racism, which is the discrimination of other groups, it is something that begins in the early modern period; it is something that has always existed. Racism is one of the most important social issues today, because not only a few groups are discriminated, everyone is being discriminated, groups such as blacks, Hispanics, whites, Asians, and religious people. Racism has affected millions of people around the globe.

The reason why I have decided to write about this is because I think that as a matter of fact this topic is very hard to speak about. And I wanted to let you all know that there still is a lot

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