racism

@Daoussis (460)
Canada
December 1, 2006 12:02am CST
why is it that just by looking at someone's skin make you prejudice. Not me personally, but many people think this way.
2 responses
@Khangura (924)
• Canada
1 Dec 06
Racism is commonly defined as a belief or doctrine where inherent biological differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, often with a corollary that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others, but not always as in the case of Houston Stewart Chamberlain who believed Aryans were superior despite being British. The term racism is sometimes used to refer to preference for one's own ethnic group (ethnocentrism),[1] fear of foreigners (xenophobia), views or preferences against interbreeding of the races (miscegenation),[2] and nationalism,[3], and/or a generalization of a specific group of people (stereotype); regardless of any explicit belief in superiority or inferiority embedded within such views or preferences. Racism has been used in attempts to justify social discrimination, racial segregation and violence, including genocide. Politicians are known to practice race-baiting in an effort to win constituents. The term racist, when used to describe someone who supports racism, has been a pejorative term since at least the 1940s, and the identification of a group or person as racist is nearly always controversial. It has been around for far too long for the people who use it to stop. Its a curse that should be stopped right away. If you think about stopping racism is inevitable. Its like banning people from eating a certain food. How the hell are you going to monitor every single person on the planet to stop eating the food. There going to eat it. Just like racists are going to be racist. Its like how the world is. I dont like it 1 bit.
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@Daoussis (460)
• Canada
1 Dec 06
very well put, BEST RESPONSE!
@not4me (1711)
• United States
1 Dec 06
With me, it isn't about skin color, but the way a person of any color dresses.
@Daoussis (460)
• Canada
1 Dec 06
true that, i guess looks can be appealing. But all the black people i know are gangsters but all 100% nice.