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    Racism in Australia is a big problem and needs to be stopped. Racism refers to anything that has the effect of disadvantaging someone from what their racial background is. It affects peoples well-being along with it not being a good look for our nation to have. Is it really okay for people outside of our country to look and us and think that there are still people that are being racist? Opportunities for people should not be judged on their race. This is not fair. Racism is definitely not okay and

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    lurking in the shadows now. Although racism and sexism are less pronounced than they were before, they still exist today. People in the United States are not as far against prejudice as they like to think. Humanity has come far from openly discriminating against others and not being reprimanded, but there are still issues with racism, sexism, and other prejudices that make them sensitive topics. In the 1950s and 60s, racism was everywhere in daily life, from schools to magazine advertisements. In the

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    and I see people doing absolute nothing about it. Racism. But then again people are so quick to throw around the word racist. It goes something like, “you’re racist”, “that’s very racist of you”. But in addition to that a majority of people do not even know the correct and precise meaning. The dictionary meaning ‘ the belief that each race has certain qualities or abilities, giving rise to the belief that certain races are better than others’. Racism is the violation of the rights of a group of people

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    Racism has an ugly history that reflects horribly on the entire United States, especially the deep South, where Blacks were segregated, beaten, and even lynched for hundreds of years with absolutely no action taken. This leaves a legacy for our entire country, as we must now work to reconcile the injustices that occurred and ensure that no inequality can be allowed to persist in our country today. However, this progress is obstructed when people deny the legacy that our history leaves for us today

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    Why after 50 years since the segregation of Central High School, do people of color still face challenges of racism? Long before the segregation of schools, people have faced many instances of discrimination because of the color of their skin. These same prejudice acts still continue today. This nation has yet created a workable plan for solving the gruesome acts of racism because of ineffective protesting, the influence societies have on individuals, and social media. The first reason for not having

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    concept of racism in America was a vital moment in the course of the nation’s history. Social concepts and attitudes could not be altered overnight, but it can be altered. Indeed, in the quest for social progress, the struggle for equality has gone a long way, with black Americans now holding high-ranking

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    Beyond Heroes and Holidays, Enid Lee explains racism as the “use of individual and institutional power to deny or grant people and groups of the rights of people, respect, representation and resources based on the color of their skin”. (Logos) Such types of discrimination occur most often in schools and are expressed in many forms; in this case, students are the main targets of racism which affects not only how they interact but also how they learn in schools. Unfair situations, social problems, and negative

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    accidents in the United States. As previously stated, advocates for gun rights argue that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. However, this idea has been proven not entirely true. In December of 2012, a Chinese man walked into an elementary school and attacked 22 children with a knife. While the act was extremely tragic, the use of a gun would have worsened the already violent situation. If a gun had been

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    “Race is an emotionally loaded topic that can conjure up feelings such as anger, guilt, frustration, and many other neutral and negative emotions” (Banks 201). This opening statement from “Backstage Racism: Implications for Teaching,” admits that racism exists today. Furthermore, the notion that one race is somehow superior to another seems especially active in the world of academics. Here, a diverse mix of people easily align toward for a common goal of graduation while simultaneously clashing in

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    Racism is defined as the discrimination directed against someone that is of a different race based upon the belief that one’s race is more superior than others. Racism in the 1920s was a time period after World War II of disagreement between African Americans and Caucasians in America. Racism in the 1920s led to many disagreements and violent incidents due to the effects it had on different cultures. In about the 1500s, European Colonists had finally arrived in North America. There were very

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