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How Does Racism Affect Society

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Racism is also awful for society. People can not work together and help each other if they are racist toward one another. Racism makes it much more difficult for workplaces to be productive. Racist employees do not want to work with other employees or customers because of their racial views. Racism also affects schools negatively. It is not good whether it is a teacher or classmate that is racist toward another. Racist teachers can give students an unfair grade just because they do not like their race. People's grades are a very large part of their life and future but can be ruined by racism. Classmates may not be able to work together because of racism. Police can also be racist against suspects and treat people unfairly like pulling them over or being overly aggressive because of their ethnicity. Judges and people in the jury can be racist against a suspect during a trial. An innocent person's life could be ruined if a judge or people in the jury are racist and give them an unfair punishment. Many different types of …show more content…

Some people even have so much hatred for other races that they encourage and teach racism. There are family members teaching their younger children racism and letting them know it is alright. Children see their parents being racist and stereotyping other people for being different and think that it is alright for them to do it too. People blurt out racism in times of anger. History is whitewashed to protect children from harsh truths when really they need to learn the extent of racism and what it has caused so they do not participate in it. People promote respectability policies for other races. Instead of letting people express themselves the way they want they tell them to wear certain things or act a certain way to be respected. People stay silent in uncomfortable situations. Many times when people witness racism they do not do anything and stay silent when they should

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