Is Racism Ever Justified Essay

Racism cannot be justified, because not only can we all relate to each other because we are

all humans. But racism is also unloving, and in the end that in what is important not our ethnicity.

Native american were treated badly during the colonization of the new world, and to this day

continue to be treated poorly.

Initially they were treated well by the settlers, but as time went on they began to be

manipulated. When the Spanish came to the Americas with an unquenchable thirst for gold and

precious metals, they left a wake of destruction behind them. Not only were the native tribes

ravaged by disease, but they were also subject to mass murder, and starvation. Today, on Indian

reservations across the United states, suicide and
Colonialism was never in the best interest of the natives. Even if the imperialists told

themselves it was of mutual benefit and they could live symbiotically. That was never the case.They

exhausted the native american resources, and therefore limited their own agriculture and resources.

Their population was majorly reduced not only because of the lack of food and resources, and

disease, and slaughter. Colonizers benefitted from the labor of the natives. Racism cannot be

justified, because at the core we are all the same because we are humans, with similar desire to be

loved. But most of the time it is hard for us to give love. Because we are so focused on receiving.

But it doesn't matter whether or not you are Christian, or even religious at all, but we are still all

called to love our fellow humans, and it is so easy to forget this. We are all called to kindness, but

we often choose to not hear it. We are not just men and women, we are simply human beings,

human beings who were created in the image of God. This is an unbreakable connection that

cannot be forgotten or ignored. We were created to give glory to him, and we can do this by

listening and acting on our call to