Multiculturalism and Diveristy in America

This form of racism definitely requires a higher level of narrow mindedness and ignorance than what is needed to form ideas of a person based on their appearance, yet events such as the ones above, and others like it, continue to happen throughout our country. This should in no way be considered a way of forming ideas about people. A person should be judged and considered for who they are on the inside, instead of having to be subjected to such injurious treatment for what is on the outside. Despite all of our struggling for tolerance and equality, these barbs of racism still remain embedded in our country’s backside. Racist terms applied to a person reach down to the deepest essence of who a person is, and unjustly insults them and makes fun of them for being what they are. The country we live in is extremely diverse, filled with people of every kind of lineage and heritage, each holding their own beliefs, values, and religion. It is far too easy to relate these terms to someone simply because of their outward appearance, without taking into consideration the thoughts and feelings of the person residing within. Instead, such beliefs and ideas about someone should be reserved until some small form of familiarity with them has been reached. Just for having skin of a certain color, or by coming from a certain ethnic background, a person can easily be labeled by a derogatory racial term used to debase them for being born as they are.

Racism is something that can too easily be applied in many instances of human interaction. Because someone is of a certain race, they could be considered to be stupid or lazy, and someone of a different race might be considered to be better than them for something as simple as a job application.

Racism can also be wielded as a weapon in which to demean and demoralize others simply because of their skin color or racial beliefs. The formation of an idea about someone based on skin color or racial background, as in the examples above, is by far the worse form of racism. Thus his movement up that particular ladder of success would be slower than he has a right for it to be, simply because of his race. If we are all going to live together in the kind of environment that would bring the most happiness to everyone in our land, we must first shed ourselves of the racism that holds us back from this goal, and embrace the diversity of the land in which we live.