Against Racism Research Paper

Racism has of course not been wiped out completely and it will take centuries for the people to come out of the concept of white supremacy that is built in their minds. President Obama had to stand behind bullet proof plexi-glass when he addressed the nation due to death threats made against him. There is still a large amount of racist organizations operating in the world today. Organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan and the British National Party still have extremely strong followings. The civil rights movement was a struggle to give people the rights that were unavailable to many about 40 years ago. Today, most of people in the western world can take these rights for granted but the fight against racism is still not over. Moreover, the current President of America, Donald Trump, is also claimed to be a racist and it was a setback for many Americans when he won over Hillary Clinton. This clearly shows the racist mindset of Americans due to which they voted for him. During the election campaign it was also said that if Donald Trump becomes the face of American racism then racism will win. Moreover, a caravan of about 20 vehicles organized by the Ku Klux Klan celebrated President-Elect Donald Trump's win with associates and American flags in Roxboro. Racism is still prevailing in U.S. and is reported in the media on a daily basis. The ability to see each person as an individual with rights and to accept everyone as an equal regardless of color or race will
help towards winning the fight against racism.
Different scholars have different solutions for racism.
Some focus on the importance of education and diversity for changing the culture of racism. Others point to legal reforms as a way to make it easier to challenge acts of discrimination or institutional racism. A third group argues for more significant social change aimed at repairing the effects of past discrimination. There are some people who believe that racism has become such an integral part of the structure of American society that it cannot be
removed.
What I believe that in order to root-out racism, Whites have to acknowledge that what their ancestors did was more than just subjugation for the purposes of free labor, but was in effect the systemic and government sanctioned. As a result the people had to create an entirely new culture because the old was systematically destroyed. Therefore, now it is the time to change their mentality of superiority and create harmony in society. Moreover, people of color have to begin to believe in their own self worth and their ability to solve the problems in their communities themselves and stop looking to whites to blame for their issues and simultaneously turn to them for help. This is a slave mentality. If white Americans show more understanding and accept the systemic, physical, and psychological brutality of American history with respect to people of color and people of color reject dependency in favor of self reliance and believe in themselves then the result will be the post racist society that doctor King and other civil rights leaders imagined.