Racism - yes or no?

Dodał(a): Ewelina Sujdak
2008-08-12 21:33
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Contemporary multicultural problems – racism, stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination

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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today…" These are Martin Luther King’s words, a wiseman who fought for freedom. Where is our tolerance? We can ask ourselves today. We live in multicultural society so we have to be tolerant for everyone. "I can not understand people who are not tolerant" says Katarzyna Barszcz, student from Rzeszów. "We have to fight against racism, prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes. In my opinion people from all over the world should be like a big family. I know that this is difficult to make this dream come true but we need to try to do this.

Racism has many definitions. The most common one and widely accepted being that: conviction that members of one race are intrinsically superior or inferior to members of other races. It also means attitudes, practices and other factors that disadvantage people because of their race, color or ethnicity. Racism can be directed against any race, color or ethnicity. Some examples of racism are obvious, such as graffiti, intimidation or physical violence. Racial and ethnic slurs and jokes are other examples. Unfortunately, they are often ignored because people do not know how to deal with them. Other forms of racism are not obvious, such as discrimination (is anything that has the effect, intentional or not, of limiting the opportunities of certain individuals or groups because of personal characteristics such as race or color) in hiring and apartment rentals, or policies that disadvantage members of certain races, whether intentionally or not. We have many kinds of racism but the most popular type of racism is cultural racism. It means the cultural values and standards that disadvantage people because of their race, color or ethnicity. Examples are cultural expectations as to the race of a company president and the cultural standard for what a beautiful, trustworthy or competent person looks like.

What we can do to stop racism?
First of all, speak out against racism. Otherwise, our silence may be interpreted as tacit approval of discrimination. We have the right, as well as the responsibility, to speak out.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Martin Luther King

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