One Of The Worst Things About Racism
“One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.” This quote was said by Alvin Ailey and it meant how racism can really affect young ones. Kids don’t know any better and they are learning each and every day. It takes a while for a kid to understand right from wrong. When you’re being racist towards a young one it makes them confused because they start to question things about themselves that they had never thought of before. No little kid should have to go through this at a young age because they are being put through to much for a little one to handle. Racism still exists today and it will continue because people don’t know when to stop, the kids don’t understand, and the society messes everyone up. Once you start
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A lot of adults say that technology has a huge impact on what goes on in our social lives. Kids, and teenagers, hear things that are on the internet and it turns into the whole school knowing. Rumors about racism can spread very easily with just the click of a button and that’s how everyone gets in on it. At school someone can come up to a person they don’t even know a discriminate them over something they saw over the internet and it just leaves the kid wondering what did he do. A lot of our actions are based upon what we’ve seen on the internet and if something was trending even though it was a bad thing then kids would still learn from it and do what everyone else does. “Half of Americans -- exactly 50% -- say racism is a “big problem” in this country.” This text was from the article Americans say racism is a bigger problem today than at any point in the past 20 years by Christopher Ingraham. This quote explains exactly what other's opinions are about racism. A lot would agree that racism still exists today because it is seen on a daily basis. Half of Americans can see it and soon enough the other half would then realize that there is racism everywhere. Even the littlest jokes about people and their background could still be a sign of racism and can hurt someone’s
A lot of adults say that technology has a huge impact on what goes on in our social lives. Kids, and teenagers, hear things that are on the internet and it turns into the whole school knowing. Rumors about racism can spread very easily with just the click of a button and that’s how everyone gets in on it. At school someone can come up to a person they don’t even know a discriminate them over something they saw over the internet and it just leaves the kid wondering what did he do. A lot of our actions are based upon what we’ve seen on the internet and if something was trending even though it was a bad thing then kids would still learn from it and do what everyone else does. “Half of Americans -- exactly 50% -- say racism is a “big problem” in this country.” This text was from the article Americans say racism is a bigger problem today than at any point in the past 20 years by Christopher Ingraham. This quote explains exactly what other's opinions are about racism. A lot would agree that racism still exists today because it is seen on a daily basis. Half of Americans can see it and soon enough the other half would then realize that there is racism everywhere. Even the littlest jokes about people and their background could still be a sign of racism and can hurt someone’s