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Racism

Racism is a disease, prevalent in our society today. Many of us believe that racism is a face, distorted by hate and open for the world to see. But I believe racism is a more subtle idea. I believe that racism can be called several different things, like prejudice, subordination or segregation. Racism can hold people back from attaining self-actualization and achieving all they can. Ultimately, racism is a self-propagating poison, keeping prejudice and stereotypes alive based upon nothing more than fear and ignorance.
Racists are eager to perpetuate ideas about a group of people. Racists are willing to generalize ideas about a group of people based on association with one, or perhaps even based upon what others have told them. This generalization then becomes a standard, and the racist believes that the group they feel prejudice against can never be anything but they stereotype they believe. This mode of thinking is passed down, sometimes from generation to generation. The racism prevents interaction between the groups, and therefore the prejudice is preserved. Worse than this, often times the prejudice breeds hate, not only on the part of the racists but also from the group against whom the prejudice is aimed.