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    Racism is a practice or ideology seeking to justify the unequal distribution of privileges, goods and even rights amongst the different racial identities. The modern variations are based on the social insight of the biological variations among people. Racism can take many forms like social actions, beliefs, practices and even some political structures that rank different races either inherently inferior or superior to others. This may be due to the shared inheritable abilities, traits and qualities. Racism can also be described as disliking or holding a negative opinion about someone solely by using their racial identities. Does Racism Still Exist In The United States? In America, racism is a hot topic. From religion, politics and economics, the ripples of racism are felt everywhere. Here, in most cases at least, the white race is viewed as the superior race than the rest by most racists. This was the case from the slavery era and the same mentality still manifests itself in modern America. A recent and widely published racist incident in the was when a white man, Dylann Storm Roof, donning the confederate flag walked into a church during…

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    Racism in not a new concept in the United States of America. It is something that we have all witnessed and experienced at one point in our life and even though at times it may not feel like it still exist, it certainly does. Social crowds and political parties have been saying that racism is an issue from the past that should be forgotten in order to reach equality among all races in the United States. However, discrimination has been a dilemma in our country since the early beginnings. Even…

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    place where children, white or black, don’t have to be taught since birth that there is a difference between people with different skin colors. Imagine your kid getting up to go to school, not even knowing or caring about racism. Also imagine your kids not having to hate black or white children just because they are the opposite skin color. Some kids grow up thinking, because they are not the same skin color they are less important than him or her. (McWhorter 38) Presidents Nixon and Reagan both…

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    inequality is still here. Leaders, assorted articles, and various events in recent history have come to prove this anti diverse world. They share their anger, their thoughts, and their fears of racial inequality, hoping that one day it will soon change however, it hasn’t. Massive amounts of citizens do not understand why we would STILL have something as negative as racism,but these forms of media are ways of trying to get that point across. They share their analyzation of racial inequality to…

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    Of course, nothing majorly changed when Obama was declared president. Racism still exists, but it is not as serious as it used to be. The election of Obama proved that racism no longer is as big of a problem. America will say imperfect, as humans have been since the creation of god. People do not do it on purpose. The society makes a big deal about white supremacists groups while they are only a few percent of the population. It is their own choice to believe in what they want to, although it is…

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    Racism has been a part of the U.S. since the beginning. From the colonial era to now, there has been many things that have been done to improve the lives of whites. Throughout the years, many laws and court decisions directly benefit white people. This had led to many generations either benefiting or being hurt by these race driven decisions and events. These decisions and events have led to structural racism. Structural racism is when racism becomes part of many social institutions like work,…

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    Racism Racism has been used as a powerful weapon encouraging fear or hatred of others all around the world. Many people face obstacles in their lives because of racism and many people don’t realize we are all the same person on the inside. Many possessions are tough to do if racism is involved in the situation you are in. Racism is basically judging the person by their race or religion but it can be many other things as well. Why does racism exist? I presume It exists because of the parents who…

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    People that work in factories are causing population for people in the neighborhood because they want to make money. Environmental racism is something that people are forced to deal with everyday. To begin with, there are many people who are involved in this. For example , according to an article about these issues in Florida, “separate residential limits or districts for white…

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    The criminal justice system in the United States has increasingly targeted people of color, more specifically African Americans, for crimes that they may have not committed. A huge number of incarcerated African Americans have been wrongfully convicted within the past 20 years. Through the creation of the national police force in 1893, African Americans have had a target on their back. Ever since the establishment of Jim Crows Laws in the 1890s through “separate but equal,” racism has been…

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    What is racism? Racism is the definition of discrimination against others for their color of skin, determining that their skin or race is superior to another’s. For centuries racism has existed and suppressed many groups of people in different countries. Even in modern times, racism still exists, minority’s being disrespected and harassed by other races. Racism has brought nothing but, despair and discrimination among human beings. Racism has breed other forms of discrimination as well like hate…

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