State racism

Racism in the United States dating as far back as the 1800s, we are still dealing with racism in our world today. Some of the most recent stories in the news that are about racism are the police shooting Trayvon Martin, the Oklahoma university fraternity saying a racial phrase, and many other police related racism scandals. One of the most well known racist groups in america is the Ku Klux Klan, they had three main Ku Klux Klan groups the first happened in the late 1860s.(Spartacus Educational,…

What I stand up for everyone is created equal. No matter what color your skin is, what religion you practice, or what you have and don’t have. You are worth as much as the next person. And everyone’s important to at least one person in this world. Racism is one of the things that some people had experienced in their lives, it had bring a lot of offensive stereotypes to people who has skin color, or different nations, some people had stand up for their rights such as 13,14,15 amendments those…

According to Webster’s Dictionary, 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. The idea of freedom and liberty to all was founded when the America Colonies were formed. Every day in life everyone faces or views some sort of racism under all circumstances. Although racism has been prevalent in the passed 100 years, it has greatly…

“The only way to end racism is to stop talking about it.” Was actor Morgan Freeman’s response when asked how to end racism. Morgan said that: “Black history is American history.” and it seems fairly accurate. The racial schism has existed in America since 1619, when African Americans were brought to help tobacco farmers in Jamestown, Virginia. We as Americans would like to believe that racism is no longer a problem; However, it still exists in large amounts in our country. When Morgan said…

Racism and inequality means many different things to many different types of people because of the way it is viewed. Racism, is the discrimination against a person because of their skin color or a different characteristic than you. In today’s world a Caucasian girl can say “that black girl “and people consider it as racist or vice versa. The white girl could honestly mean no harm but everyone starts going crazy and blowing it out of proportion. The police crimes that are happening in America ,…

Racism is when one favors or disfavors a certain race because of their skin color and/or their culture. “Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simple on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others,” written in Anup Shah’s article of Racism. Racism may seem like it is a little problem that others have to deal with; however, it was a problem in the past and continuing to become even worse over a period of time. The reason…

Racism is the United States has been discussed for many years now. Going back to the beginning when the Native American were attacked and relocated and treating them like immigrants. Then the African slavery created a huge impact in the entire world, being the United States one of the countries with the most slaves in the world. Although the racial rights for the African American have gotten better, it is still a problem in the United States. Immigration problems in the United States, also…

where black men did something wrong, and the white police tried to arrest them, and everything escalated. Police are being accused of being racist and hurting blacks. Today, the KKK still exists and have 42 different active groups spread throughout 22 states. In 2017 they saw an increase of members, showing that people are still very much racist. However, Americans are trying to make equal rights for everyone. Currently Blacks have more rights than women, taking us to our next topic, sexism.…

I believe that what causes racism is the way of thinking that starts at a young age and starts with what their parents believe in. Kids tend to get certain mindset about things because of the things that come out of their parents' mouths. So if a young child has a family that is pretty racist against a certain group of people or culture, that child is more likely to be considered racist themselves based on the ideas present in their household while they were growing up. So say a child had…

Racism "Racism couples the false assumption that race determines psychological and cultural traits with the belief that one race is superior to another." --A World of Difference project of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Birth. As I read the quote above, I find it to be well defined and simply put in context what I truly believe about racism. Racism is described as the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others,…