Racism Is The Belief That Characteristics And Abilities...

Danieh Shehadeh Professor Falloon ENGWR 101 July 2, 2015 Racism in America Today Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. Racism leads to discrimination and prejudice towards minorities which leads to a lot of hate crime. Many people that have not had any racist remarks told to them would argue racism doesn t exist anymore. Sadly, this is not true. Racism today might not be as bad as it was decades ago, but it has recently been a big problem today. People that say racism doesn t exist anymore are the ones who don t have to deal with racism. With what I have seen and experienced myself, racism is still a prime issue all over the world but especially in America now. Recently many problems have occurred were people would say racism is still a problem in America today. 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