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    Racism is a hot topic all over the world‚ but what really is racism? Miriam-Webster defines racism as “poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race; the belief that some races of people are better than others.” In more colloquial language‚ racism is discriminating anyone because of their race and or ethnic background. Racism is all around us‚ and racism will be prevalent until the end of time. The idea of racism developed from “xenophobia‚” which is the fear of foreign peoples

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    Racism – a poison throughout the society In the article Police violence: American Epidemic‚ American Consent‚ published in the newspaper The New York Times on September 26th 2016‚ Charles M. Blow writes about how racism exists in our society. He wants to inform about racism and that is something that must be done right now! The writer starts off the article by saying that there have been another set of shootings. A dark coloured guy has been shot unfairly by the police‚ both protest and rioting

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    human beings. King supports Pollan when he argues that speciesism will one day be viewed as harsh as racism because animals are treated differently and don’t get to live a normal life like they deserve. Animals have the urge to live a normal life just like us humans‚ so why should humans take away that right. Pollan discusses how everyone has equal rights when he writes‚ "’Equality is a moral idea‚’ Singer points out‚ ‘not an assertion of fact.’ The moral idea is that everyone’s interests ought

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    Racism in Advertisements 2 Racism in Advertisements: Racism in commercials is so thick that one would have to live in an airtight vacuum not to choke on it. When you watch the Super Bowl‚ did you notice how few African Americans and Hispanics were in the commercials. These are the same commercials that have come to signify American democracy and pride throughout the world. Many commercials have portrayed blacks as cheap non-resourceful human. The effect was that advertising treated African American

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    to unnecessary. From this he became hospitalized and became absent from school many days through him being hospitalized then came the “#RashadIsAbsentAgainToday” protest. Rashad’s story isn’t the only one that came to the unnecessary force within racism there are many more. But otherwise‚ 61% of officers do not always report serious criminal that involve the abuse

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    Biracial Racism and Discrimination Around the 1960s‚ biracial children were looked down upon and discriminated against. Now in the 2000s‚ about seven million people in the U.S. identify themselves as multiracial which is 2.5 percent of the U.S. population. Growing up biracial can be very frustrating to fit in with other people. When others look at a biracial person the first thing they wonder about is what race they are. With that mindset from others‚ it makes them question who they are

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    Have you heard any of the debates about racism going on right now? Things like racism don’t show the equality that most Americans are looking for in their country. The main person that I think made everyone realize that everyone is the same no matter what your skin color might be is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I think once he was murdered everyone including the people he couldn’t convince realized that this was just a ridiculous thing going on. The America I believe in has very hard working people

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    marching with Nazi paraphernalia. We are horrified that someone felt the right to drive his car into a crowd of counter protesters killing Heather Heyer. After last Saturday‚ we can no longer deny the presence American who hold such a deep sense racism they feel justified hurting people who are of a different skin color or disagree with their beliefs. In the midst of this hate‚ I am drawn to Paul’s letter to the Romans where he reminds the church to "not be overcome by evil‚ but overcome evil with

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    that their families will be deported immediately. Children of color are now living in fear because their future is unknown‚ they are also scared that their families will be deported. Racism in schools has now elevated and children of color are being bullied. The schools have ensured the public that all information about their student’s immigration status are unknown and they will not tolerate discrimination or

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    I think racism does not exists in sports because there could be a whole black team and you have to play an out of state school and the other team coach might say black boy or nigger. But i say that it isn’t that bad it’s just certain people that don’t like colored people.But i think that this stuff happened back then because coaches now they can roll with a black and white squad and the coach will treat them both the same because we are the same and no one’s different.and i think after Martin Luther

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