Are We Still Racism

Are we still racist?
The modern definition of racism is “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior”, as defined in the Oxford Dictionary. Racism has been round since the beginning of human life and attitudes towards it have changed. It has been argued that racism is part of human nature, however many people have said it is caused because of your social surroundings and upbringing, but the sad thing is it isn’t human nature and has derived from derogative and hateful thoughts passed on through centuries.

Racism is a form of oppression that discriminates groups of people based on their race or colour of their skin, yet these concepts of ‘race’ and
People were separated at almost everything they did, be it eating, shopping even using the loos. Segregation can widen the gap between the rich and poor a cement in people’s minds that ‘coloured’ people are second citizens and emphasises the idea of white supremacy. This can limit the opportunities and the rights of each citizens, hence why Martin Luther King was so influential to not only the African American people but also all people around the world. The United States ended segregation in 1956 creating an example for the rest of the world to follow. Although racism has never been banned or named as such there have been laws to stop racial incited aggression or behaviour, for example the Crime and Disorder Act, making it illegal to persecute someone in an aggressive or physical manor based on their
This averaged out at around 130 incidents a day. For a society that is modern and strive for equality, it does not seem to show it. To this day, there are still active groups around the world known to incite racial hatred such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). They call themselves the ‘Hooded Order’ and see themselves as heroes, yet they express their ‘heroism’ through acts of terrorism and persecution against ethnic minorities expressing the ideology of white supremacy. At their peak in the 1920’s their membership was an excess of over 4 million people but reduced to 6000-10000 active members by 1090’s. The English equivalent in politics is the British Nationalist Party (BNP), who are a far right-wing party who are anti-immigration and very much an extremist party. Their heyday was in the 2000’s having fifty seats in local government, one seat on the London Assembly, and two Members of the European Parliament. BNP have also seen a rapid decline reaching barley 4000 votes in the 2017 snap