How Does Racism Affect Today
Racism and the Effects in Yesterday’s, Today’s and Tomorrow’s Society
Racism, especially over the past few years, has become something that is being expressed in more subtle and understated ways than ever before, and this may be because of the fact that today, more and more 'whites' are disowning the concepts of racism, and are at the same time proclaiming that theirs is an 'egalitarian' society, where all men are born equal. Racism and its impact have been felt all over the world and the innate struggles and tussles that racism involves are being felt not only in the United States of America but also across the entire world.
Racism and its impact have been felt all over the world and the innate struggles and tussles that racism involves are being felt not only in the United States of America but also across the entire world. In the United States of America, racism has been in a particularly virulent form, and this may be because of the undeniable fact that America has been built on the labor of African slaves, and also on the labor obtained by the exploitation of poor immigrants.
In the year 1860, there was a Civil War that was …show more content…
For example, Ernest Renan stated that the 'blacks' of Africa, the aborigines of Australia, and the 'Indians’ of America were all people who belonged to this 'inferior' race, whereas all the others belonged to the 'superior' white race. When Christopher Columbus set out on his historic journey, and discovered what he then named 'Indians’, he was in fact surprised that these were also people, just like the Europeans that he was familiar with until then. However, these indigenous people were considered to be more 'animals' without a soul, than human beings, and they were eliminated as was seen fit at that time, today, there are very few of these Native Americans in existence any
Racism, especially over the past few years, has become something that is being expressed in more subtle and understated ways than ever before, and this may be because of the fact that today, more and more 'whites' are disowning the concepts of racism, and are at the same time proclaiming that theirs is an 'egalitarian' society, where all men are born equal. Racism and its impact have been felt all over the world and the innate struggles and tussles that racism involves are being felt not only in the United States of America but also across the entire world.
Racism and its impact have been felt all over the world and the innate struggles and tussles that racism involves are being felt not only in the United States of America but also across the entire world. In the United States of America, racism has been in a particularly virulent form, and this may be because of the undeniable fact that America has been built on the labor of African slaves, and also on the labor obtained by the exploitation of poor immigrants.
In the year 1860, there was a Civil War that was …show more content…
For example, Ernest Renan stated that the 'blacks' of Africa, the aborigines of Australia, and the 'Indians’ of America were all people who belonged to this 'inferior' race, whereas all the others belonged to the 'superior' white race. When Christopher Columbus set out on his historic journey, and discovered what he then named 'Indians’, he was in fact surprised that these were also people, just like the Europeans that he was familiar with until then. However, these indigenous people were considered to be more 'animals' without a soul, than human beings, and they were eliminated as was seen fit at that time, today, there are very few of these Native Americans in existence any