Racism And Racial Discrimination In The United States

Racism and racial discrimination is a relevant issue in the United States and around the world. The definition of racism is “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.” It’s unbelievable to me that we judge one another depending on the color of our skin. Surprisingly, as if there is something burned in the back of my mind, sometimes I feel thoughts of racism; Even though I know it is not what I truly believe or is in who I am. And that leads me to the question, Where do those thoughts come from? That is why, to stop racism, we need to not only remember and look back into the past of race issues and racism, but we need to discuss it together. We need to look at the words that have been
To hopefully understand what the root is and first of all how it got into our minds. Then moving on to getting it out of our minds. For example, if you are going to truly get rid of a weed in a garden you need to find and pull the root first. This is the same with racism. But, at the same time we need to consider the new weeds can grow. A possible theory is tribalism. According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tribalism Tribalism is “loyalty to a tribe or other social group especially when combined with strong negative feelings for people outside the group”. This may be a cause of racism. If we are related to neanderthals and if neanderthals lived in small isolated groups then it is possible that is where humans got the idea that if someone does not look like you then they are not in your group and possibly a enemy. As humans have evolved we have learned that that is not alway the case and that all families and communities are different and may look different than each other too. The process of eliminating racism from our everyday lives may be a very long and slow process. But, it is definitely worth