Saturday, November 29, 2008

What is Racism?

Before talking about racism, I think it's essential to understand what racism is in the first place.

Racism may be defined as the hatred of one person by another, or the belief that another person is less than human, because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. But in my opinion, racism can also be a synomim for words such as ignorance, incomprehension, nescience and baseness.

Although it's a completely inhumane way of thinking, racism has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes throughout history. It has been a factor in the course of the world and one factor that influenced on how society acts today.

Nevertheless, what gives us the right to mistread other people for their biological treats? Do they deserve to be the target of prejudice because of how God made them? If we are all equal, then who says that a group of people is different?
At the end, people who are discriminated against are the people who prevail and what cannot kill them, can only make them stronger.

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