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Certain people might blame this on the high number of immigrants coming into the country and working for less money or stealing in order to sustain themselves.
Racism is harmful for both the oppressor, and the oppressed. Racism can be both physical and nonphysical. When people are physically harassed because of a racism-based reason, it results in victims with physical wounds. On the other hand, when people are suffering nonphysical wounds, it means that their lives are being affected through the fact that they are frequently discriminated. Discrimination poses threats like unemployment and poorer education.
People tend to feel that they should be more privileged than others that recently entered their country. Also, people tend to believe that the fact that those of the same color with them are majority makes them better than those that have a different skin color and form a minority.
Evolution has only proved that racism is not justified, and that if two people differ in appearance it does not mean that one is superior to the other. In the recent decades, non-white people have proved to be good at everything that white people are capable of doing.
One of the most effective ways to fight racism is through non-violence, and this has been shown around the world with the method succeeding in making all equal. In their attempt to make everyone equal regardless of their background, people have most probably thought about freedom, and the concepts that it implies. A free world cannot exist as long as racism is present.
The racism expressed by people in the present is different from what it...
People now use nonphysical racism which is much more advanced and subtle. Despite the fact that this kind of racism is not hurting people directly, it is also very dangerous. For racism to end, those abused have to refrain from trying to fight it themselves and unite in fighting it as a group, together with others that have gone through similar experiences.
Works cited:
1. Charles Quist-Adade, "What Is 'Race' and What Is 'Racism'?," New African, No. 450, April 2006
2. George M. Fredrickson, "Racism: A Short History," Princeton University Press, 2002.
3. Graham Richards, "Race, Racism, and Psychology: Towards a Reflexive History," Routledge, 1997.
4. Jean Lau Chin, "The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: Racisim in America," Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
5. Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt, Susan T. Fiske, "Confronting racism," SAGE, 1998
6. Joe R. Feagin, Hernan Vera, Pinar Batur, "White Racism: The Basics," Routledge, 2001.
George M. Fredrickson, "Racism: A Short History," Princeton University Press, 2002.
Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt, Susan T. Fiske, "Confronting racism," SAGE, 1998
Jean Lau Chin, "The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: Racisim in America," Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
Graham Richards, "Race, Racism, and Psychology: Towards a Reflexive History," Routledge, 1997.
Joe R. Feagin, Hernan Vera, Pinar Batur, "White Racism: The Basics," Routledge, 2001.
Charles Quist-Adade, "What Is 'Race' and What Is 'Racism'?," New African, No. 450, April 2006.
Works cited:
1. Charles Quist-Adade, "What Is 'Race' and What Is 'Racism'?," New African, No. 450, April 2006
2. George M. Fredrickson, "Racism: A Short History," Princeton University Press, 2002.
3. Graham Richards, "Race, Racism, and Psychology: Towards a Reflexive History," Routledge, 1997.
4. Jean Lau Chin, "The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: Racisim in America," Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
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