The "Invisible" Problems of Racism


             aren't racist, even when they don't hire the East Indian
             employee who was the most qualified of the candidates.
             Even when the basketball team that they coach is all
             white. And even the time when they moved from their
             seat at the movie theater because of the black person next
             to them. Well, gee, they could have been a criminal. A
             robber from "the hood." After all, isn't that what most of
             "them" are. No one deserves to be prejudged like that. The
             prejudice of people in the world is disgusting. The worst
             part of it all is that they don't even know that they are
             doing it. They think it's j! ust no rmal behavior. It doesn't
             even phase them when they do it.
             Then there are those who are completely unaware of
             racism in the world. They walk down the streets, through
             the stores and working at their job, completely oblivious.
             They're so blind! Why can't they see what is happening
             around them? Have they really lived such sheltered lives?
             Or do they just not want to believe it is happening? If you
             take someone and put them in the heart of a racist area,
             they still won't notice the problems. They will see it with
             their own eyes, but it won't register in their mind. If these
             people don't open their eyes, they will never see what is
             happening. What is going to happen to the world if people
             don't start realizing what is happening? Will we be plunged
             into a time where racial tension is everywhere? Will we
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