RACISM

Racism is one of the worlds major issues today. Many people are not
aware of how much racism still exists in our schools, workforces, and
anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It is obvious that racism is
bad as it was many decades ago but it sure has not gone away. Racism
very much exists and it is about time that people need to start thinking
about the solutions to this matter. As a matter of fact, an individual cannot
be born a racist but only learn to become one as they grow from child to
adulthood. Basic causes, institutions, government and anti-racism groups
are a few of the possible solutions to racism.

To begin with, frustration is a very common cause of racism. If one is

having some sort of a social problem, they tend to get very angry with
people who are not even concerned with their situation. For instance,
when a person is having a tough time economically, they find it easy to
blame immigrants for taking away their jobs or creating fewer
opportunities. This type of an analysis is very easy to make but when one
makes this assumption, it usually leads to substantial hate towards a
specific group. The psychological factor is also common disturbance that
is found as the root of racism. People with tough childhood may
sometimes produce anger and hate towards others. This kind of person is
inclined to dominate others as these qualities attract to racism because of
the way racism divides the world into superior and inferior.

However, in some cases racism is only created by the mental thought.

Change is a particular device that people cannot handle at all times.
People are more comfortable around the recognizable and they find it hard
to adapt to a culture that they are not familiar being with. As an example,
since 1987 Chinese have been settling in Australia. The population of
Chinese went from one in twenty to one in three of its residents being
Chinese, in two decades. This rapid change was not acceptable for many
people who moved out for that very reason so they can live in a white
town again. On the other hand, one does not have to be a racist to
increase the racism around them. For example, silence does not
necessarily mean it can prevent racism but it may actually provoke it.
Studies show that people are reluctant to speak out towards their friends
or family who like to express their racist views. The report shows that such
silence encourages the racists from voicing their opinion to direct
violence. Most causes just are all based on or created by some sort of
stereotype, which clearly develops discrimination. Many blacks may find

that they have limits set around them when they are stereotyped as
good athletes and musicians.

Finally, the most influential cause of racism in the world is our

institutions. The criminal justice system is not consistent enough and
studies show a lot of discrimination occurring in our prisons and courts. In
many cases, it is the people who protect our rights who commit injustices.
A report in a criminal justice system once said it is the police, judges, and
lawyers, who are largely responsible for the lack of confidence in the
fairness of the criminal justice system. It is these people who make
decisions based on assumptions and stereotypes. The report also says
blacks are much less likely than whites to be granted bail under similar
circumstances. This report shows that white people are imposing their
absurd laws on black people simply because they inhabited that country
first.

The educational system is also a big portion of the instigation of

racism. Many say blacks have been unfairly stereotyped and put into
lower academic levels by teachers who have low expectations of their
scholastic abilities. Some say, that ignoring black history and achievement
leaves black students without a sense of identity and self-esteem. The
contributions of Natives, blacks, and Asians to the worlds development
have been ignored routinely in the past although they are one of the
biggest contributors. Most historians have not given their race bias a
second thought. Most of them have come from European tradition and it
simply never occurred to them to try to view history from a different racial
or cultural perspective. Such discrimination has led to under
representation in the workforce. Many people would agree that this is not
healthy for a multi-racial society. If two people with equal qualifications
were applying for a job, then the person from the majority would receive
the job. This happens throughout the globe but the other person who
applied for the job is helpless simply because he or she was a minority.

In conclusion, racism can never be eliminated from our society.

However, it can be minimised only if the people of this world realise the
effects of racism. People who dont cooperate now simply because they
receive substantial benefit from racism will only realise when one day they
become the victim of it. Children are not born racist, so it the
responsibility of their parents to educate them about the right and wrongs
of life. For me, I believe that to reduce racism to its roots, every form filled

out by anyone for a job or a specific post should not have a column for
race or religion. To end my oral assessment, I quote Michael Jackson, one
of the most influential people of this century in racism if every person in
future judges another from their ability and not from the colour of their
skin, this world would be a better place.