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Racism Letter About Racism

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Dear the University of Mount Olive community,
I am writing this letter to discuss the debated topic of racism. In our class we have used many resources to help us understand racism in greater depth. Using these resources, and my own personal opinion I would like to share problems with racism and potential solutions to reduce racism.
Firstly, racism to me is discriminating against someone else due to their race or religion. As an international student I have had the opportunity to witness first-hand the cultural differences between my home country of England and the United States of America. In England, there are many different populations of people of various ethnicity and religion. I believe the most popular form of racism in England does not depend on skin color. Many English people are black and many are white. The type of racism I witnessed while in England was based upon religion. In particular, Muslims immigrating from Asia. Many uneducated people stereotype terrorism as a product of the Islam religion and therefore believe that all Muslims are terrorists. Fortunately, I fully understand the separation between religion and terrorism.
On the other hand, the majority of racism in the United States is based upon the skin color rather than religion. Perhaps, this type of racism relates back to the times of slavery in the USA. However, it is completely unacceptable to use historic times as an excuse to be racist in the modern day. The world we live in has changed vastly

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