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What is Racism?
“Racists are usually convinced that other ethnic groups or nationalities are inferior to their own. This false attitude of superiority is known as racism.” (From just the facts“Racism” book by Adrian cooper)
“the belief that each race or ethnic group posses a specific characteristics, abilities or quality’s that distinguish it as inferior or superior to another” (oxford English dictionary definition")
Racism is when someone is being made feel different because of the way they look speaking or act.
Racism is a problem all over the world. And although it’s against the law it still happens. For example the universal declaration of rights states
“All human beings are born free and equal, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status”
This is declaring that no matter who you are, what you look like or where you come from we are all the same, we all have a right to be treated the same as everyone else.
Since the 1940’s the United Nations has encouraged countries to enforce laws against racial discrimination.
One of the most famous segregations was the apartheid in South Africa Where black and white people where segregated apart for example the where two separate buses for white and black different benches and even different sides of the post . . . read more.
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