Ricism

             Racism is one of the world's major issues today. Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools workforces, and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It is obvious that racism is bad as it was many decades ago but it sure has not gone away. Racism is a particular kind of discrimination based on skin tone and country/region of origin. This is where it gets really complicated, for many reasons. Firstly, 'race' is an ...arbitrary category, imposed upon people by the culture. First-generation African immigrants arriving in the United States generally do not view themselves as being in the same category as African-Americans who were born in the United States. Anyone who was had any non-Anglo ancestry was required for a long time to mark 'black' on their U.S. Census forms, even though they may be completely 'white' in appearance and most of their ancestry. Unfortunately, this incorrect framework must be used because it is so engrained into American culture, and because it is impossible to fight an enemy that you are unable to define.
             Racism is a social problem that has occurred many years ago and it has passed through many phases. The oldest and most harmful of all is slavery. Racism as a phenomenon has risen through opposite opinions and many times intense confrontation as far as blacks' people social standing is concerned. There are people who support the human right of everyone being the same. Many examples of how the black people have been treated through the years by whites have made the people. I strongly believe that black people all over the world have the same rights because above all they are human. All black people must have the right to free expressions and equal treatment with white people. On the other hand there are some people who believe that black people are thought to represent a society of a lower
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