The Causes Of Racism

First cause why racism is still going today is unfamiliarity. Unfamiliarity is one of the most common causes of racism is unfamiliarity. Some people become fearful of what they don't know or understand. Suttie stated, “If a child has grown up with people from only their race, then the child is more likely to become racist towards that race.” This is not always the case, but when someone has been given negative stereotypes and doesn't have the life experience of being around people from a different race, the person is more likely to be racist. This is why it is really important to children to be around people from different races to ensure their minds adapt and to make sure they don't believe in false stereotypes in the future.

Racism is the belief centralized in the idea that a certain race is considered to be superior or inferior to another. It is a belief that labels a person’s worth, social, and moral traits based on his/her inherent nationality or biological features (Anti-Defamation League). This mentality has been around for centuries and still exists today. There are several theories about how such came about and why it continues to thrive. Racism can only be thoroughly studied by tracing its roots and history. Knowing the relevant events prior to and after the peak of a racist manifestation in the society during a certain period of time is one of the keys in understanding the nature of racism. It is important to note that the attempt to understand the nature of racism is not necessarily equivalent to the attempt to justify it. The main purpose of racism studies should be directed towards the attempt to lessen, if not eradicate such mentality. The Holocaust, the infamous racist manifestation which took place in Germany is a great example of what happens when racism is not stopped or prevented. Taking such infamous racist events in history under an extensive look, reveals some of the major arguments/concepts/causes of racism that could lead to understanding racism as a whole and thereby help address this issue in the modern-day society. Extreme ethnocentrism, rivalry for supremacy, and people lacking information are some of the causes of racism deemed to be important in studying

violence related to racism and hatred in different communities is nothing new. However, hearing about incident of racism involving youth is not something that you hear every day. Recently, there was an article posted by Boston Globe reporting a case of hatred among youth. According to the article by Travis Andersen, “an 8-year-old biracial boy was taunted with slurs and pushed of a table with rope tied around his neck last month (2017).” Thankfully, the boy was okay after being treated at a hospital.

1) Racism can be manifested in many forms, including poverty, housing problems, underemployment, unemployment, wage differences, lowered educational opportunities, high crime rates, and welfare dependency. What are the causes of racism. Describe the primary cause of individual and institutional racism. How are these factors dealt with by society?

African Americans have suffered from racism in so many horrific ways! They have been used in ways unexplainable to the mind. Whether it was through sexual abuse or dating all the way back to slavery times. However, in today’s society African Americans are still being affected by racism not only in a physical, emotional, and mental manner but, also in their way of living. How would you feel if you were judged by the color of your skin to the point where you can’t even make a living?

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate,” (Mandela 1). Nelson Mandela greatly describes that racism isn’t something natural, and that people get it from learning from other people. Racism comes from the evil within one’s self and it spreads like a virus to others, eventually sometimes affecting the whole society. Something that can hurt many people is the cruel hatred towards a specific group that often goes along with racism. Sometimes racism make’s people see you in a very different way, it can affect where you fall in society as well as what opportunities you have in life, and it can even go as far as changing the

Racism is a plague spreading through the world. Over a million people have died due to lynching, burnings, stabbings, and beatings. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the dangers of racism and discrimination and the pain they cause, while offering solutions to help counteract them.

Cases are seen every year, where an innocent colored person is killed by police officers.

A common misconception is that racism no longer exists. On the contrary, racism is not only present in certain people but is a socially accepted norm within all of society, including the school system. These racist perceptions about certain ethnic groups despite common belief are common causes for depression, anxiety, and sometimes suicide. Many people choose to ignore the epidemic of racism because it is hard to identify the problem and further find a solution. The first step to identifying the problem is to find the strongest influence within society, which is the media. Surprisingly, the media for a long time has been implementing racial stereotypes subliminally to masses of school children at a time. They do this by giving certain ethnicity's

Unfortunately, in this time and age, racism continues to be an issue in the American society, especially in the south. Since the introduction of slavery, many people have the belief that skin color determines someone’s ranking in life. After the freedom of slaves, racism became a big problem in America. As a result, other races look down upon many different cultures and ethnic groups believing that they are superior to others. Racism has lead to people discriminate against one another and become prejudice. Unfortunately, racism effects peoples lifestyles, job opportunities, and education.

Race relations are becoming increasingly important in our civilization. Despite this increasing importance, the question, 'Is our society racist?' is commonly debated. After investigating this subject, it is evident to me that American society is racist.

Since 1492 when Columbus arrived in the Americas, there has been a monumental clash between races. Columbus enslaved and mutilated native people, anti semitic Hitler believed that the aryan race was superior to all other races and that Jews needed to be deported or killed. The reason that racism is still around today, especially in America, is because of how it began. It has been passed down through generations and when whites don’t feel like they have everything they want, the other races get blamed. Now in 2017, with Donald Trump as president of the United States, the clash between races continues. Trump's remarks about immigrants, women and his determination to build a wall between the United States and Mexico are similar to Hitler’s views on immigrants. Hitler could be considered one of the definitions of racism and having a 2017 president with similar views to a murderer scares not only many citizens of the U.S. but also makes other countries fearful for the U.S.’s people.

Prejudice is still very present in our time today and is very important to understand how much it can affect people’s lives. Prejudice can affect peoples lives in many different ways. Racism will be around forever no matter what society does, but it is essential to understand how as a society we can contain it.

Another, racist event that is happening in Britain is towards the polish community that live there (Strybel, 2016). According to Strybel (2016), a man was killed and another three people resulted injured this happened in attacks that took place in the town of Harlow, in the southeastern part of England. There also have been other attacks that target polish people just because they are seen speaking in polish and graffiti that says polish people need to go back home (Strybel, 2016). The most common types of racism that polish people face in the United Kingdom are violence, hate crimes, ethnicity, and not being a citizen (Strybel, 2016). In addition, Strybel (2016) states that although the prime minister, Teresa May regrets the attacks that are occurring in the United Kingdom towards and has said that authorities would secure the environment for polish people, this has not happened and it is predicted that polish people might return home if this is keeps continuing. This is one of the consequences that racism can have, polish people might return back home because they feel like they do not belong and they are not welcomed.

Imagine if you were walking down the street or in the store getting groceries or at the park or maybe even at work and then all of a sudden someone starts being mean to you just because you are Hispanic and they either don’t think you can speak English, or they think that you are too stupid to know how to count money, or they think that you are trying to steal their job from them, or they don’t want their kids playing with you or your kids depending on if you have kids. Imagine how it would make you feel if this happened to you. Now you know how almost every Latino/ Hispanic person feels on a daily basis and then think about how you treat them when you come in contact with them. Are just like this or do you treat them like human beings? I ask this because I have friends that are from Guatemala so I see this on a daily basis they are treated like this and they don’t understand why the color of their skin makes them a target for racism. For example, cops always think that they must be drug dealers because of their skin color, or why they are getting deported when all they want is to send money home so that their families can live and be able to get medicine, or why little kids say mean racist things to them like it they mean nothing to them. Two causes of this racism seem to be that Hispanics are often a subject in the immigration debate and police officers often link Hispanics with drug related crime.