The Problem Of Racism In The United States

Racism is the problem
Imagine an eleven year old Muslim boy walking into a grocery store with his mother who is wearing her traditional hijab and a group of teenagers start harassing the woman, and saying things or making terrorist jokes because of the way she is dressed, because of the bad publicity Islamic people get in the U.S. . In an effort to defend his mother the 11 year old boy responds with violence or now feels threatened and a new problem is brought up, once again because of racism. Racism is an issue that is known for bringing conflict into a situation its something has been around since the beginning of human society itself , it is a problem that is corrosive in a society, It’s an issue that teaches people to judge others by appearance, culture, and mostly affects certain communities where ethnic minorities are forced to seek
Garret (2009) tells us that prejudice and bigotry are learned behaviors, or habits that people begin to form when they are in an environment where others do the same. Racism is all around the world, even in the freest of countries, even in present day america. Do the words “all men are created equal” sound familiar? These are words that were created in the year 1776 in one of the most important documents in american history, This was 89 years before slavery in the United States ended, Slavery however, was only the beginning, there are so many issues powered by racism that have been catastrophic to mankind's history and other problems that still exist today. “I’ve always thought of racism as a great evil that is taught”Colvin. Racism is a problem that has been around for thousands of years; there are a lot of theories about where it comes from