Why Does Racism Still Exist

Racism is one of the most important and one of the most widely discussed topics around the world. The reason for this is that it happens in all different ways and severity. Racism is defined as “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior” and because of this it is used by many as a form of fear and is seen as a way to gain dominance and is seen in many big events such as in World War II when the Nazis killed a bunch of different minorities, specifically the Jews. Racism is experienced in different severities depending on the situation and location because in a lot of areas different color skin is seen as a bad thing and most of the time because it is different and people are scared of what they are unsure of. Racism seems to be something that is started over time
Whether or not it is realized or not, thoughts such as these do not help lead people out of this racist thoughts but continue to help spread racism and make it an even bigger problem than it was before. A big misconception is that racism is only seen by the lower classes and that more underdeveloped countries have these problems, but this isn’t that case at all. Racism does happen in under-developed areas such as in Zimbabwe, where there has been increasing racial tension because of a lack of money and land so the poor black farmers are blaming the white farmers for this and are racist to them, but racism is also seen in well-developed areas that you might not ever suspect such as until recently, in South Africa, there was a separation of Europeans and Africans called the Aparthied. Even in well off and racially diverse cities there is racism, such as in Paris, where a period of violence against African farm workers in southern Italy left some 70 farmers injured. This ended up causing police to evacuate over 300 workers from the region. The workers were easy targets because they were