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Racism In The 21st Century

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Living now in the 21 century you may see many types of cultures and ethnicities. As for these types of races we have become numb to the feeling of racism. For a particular reason racism has been going on for centuries. Depriving people from what they have and what they look like is a characteristic of racism. As for now racism seems to be becoming bigger and bigger. Due to labeling races and its importance to society today. As there is different ways racism affects people labeling one’s ways or appearance is one of them. Labeling someone is rude and disrespectful to them and their race. Some examples of labeling is all Muslims are terrorist, Mexicans are servants or somewhat of the new generation, of Black americans are all affiliated in

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