The Great Depression: Racism In The United States

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I think that Racism is a very bad thing and that there is no excuse to ever use it. I think Racism has calmed down and has gotten less frequent since the laws have been put to allow both skin colors for everything. These days I do not see anything that certain races can’t or need to use differently than others. Also I think that people have the wrong understanding of racist. When someone insults a specific type of race, then it is racist. When someone talks about a race or calls someone a race without insulting it, that is not racist. The Great depression was a time where the stock market crashed and the entire country of the United States of America was in a horible financial crisis. Families and businesses went poor and bankrupt and we

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