Although racism, by definition, means discrimination based on the
             belief that some races are by nature superior, it has since become more of
             a vehicle to adavnce these minorities through unethical means. since the
             founding of the united states, racism has been a prevelant part of our lives,
             but today's minorities are "crying wolf" to get ahead in the world. Racism
             has become the weapon of spreading inequality not just for minority groups
             but also for the caucasian majority.
             A few weeks ago, I was watching tv and I came across a show where a rights activist was preaching, preaching almost as radically as Malcolm X did in the 60's and 70's. I dont remember what his name was but he was preaching to a group african-americans about how the united states government should pay them for the suffering of their ancestors by the slave owners. He insisted that because "whites" used to have slaves african-americans should be given reperations for the inprisonment of the forefathers. This is an absurd notion. how can anyone expect to recieve money as payment for something that happened, not even to them, one hundred and fifty years ago. My ancestors, the christians were punished for a thousand years, and jews for almost two thousand. If the African-americans are going to get reperations, then why shouldnt we. they were only persecuted in the united states for about a hundred years where jews and christians were slaughtered for fun for well over 3000 years combined. The native americans, who lived in this country far longer than any african-american were slughtered so white settlers could move west. The Indians were rounded up and put on reservations to keep them out of the governments way, but they pressed on and now the indians are thriving with their bingo and cigarettes, all without a peep about reperations.
             Todays society finds it morally wrong to discriminate against someone because of race. Oddly enough i have found th...