Does+Racism+Still+Exist+?+By+Kenny+W.

 Does Racism Still Exist?

I believe racism does still exist but it is not up to the government to end it. We have to rise above and end racism ourselves. I believe racism still exists in the world today. There are people in the world that still do racist things, but don’t realize that there’s only one race; the human race. They’re so stuck on the social meaning of race; they don’t care enough to understand everyone is equal. I had an experience of racism recently. I was in my old neighborhood at a basketball game. There were some white people in the highway above the basketball court and they said “f**ck you niggers”. I didn’t feel offended by it, and I don’t think anyone else paid it any attention.

Another example of racism is the incident at the swim club in PA. The white people there got there kids out of the pool and made racist comments when they saw the kids getting in the pool. They didn’t care about how they felt, and most of the kids were deeply hurt by what they heard. Reporters from a local news channel interviewed them, and they said they were deeply hurt, and they didn’t understand why they said what they said.

We haven’t moved to a place in the world where everyone is fully included because there are people enslaved among other people, like the Tibetans in China.Their land was taken from them, and then they were made into slaves for China. Others aren’t considered the same. Most people are still considered different races. If race was never invented in the 1600’s there wouldn’t be any history. If there was no race, there would be equality among everyone in the world. So there would be no Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, no Black Panthers, or no civil rights movement. There would be no KKK, no Nazis, and no Aryan Brotherhood. I don’t think that we’ve moved on to a place where everyone is included. The world is coming to a bad end. If racism continues, there may possibly be a racial civil war, all races of the world at war until one is left standing. If we don’t want a racial civil war, then we need to end racism and unite as one race like we should’ve done in the beginning. There was one race created. But as time went by, many races started to form.

In closing, I think that everyone doesn’t know should realize that there is only one race in the world, the human race. Since time went by the many races that have formed, have shaped people. People are judged based on their race. When race is eliminated, the world will be peaceful, and there wouldn’t be anymore racism. I do think it should be fixed but the government can’t repair it. Society has to take it upon them to repair racism and unite as one. We can’t wait for the government to step in and end racism whenever they please. Bibliography: Candioti, Susan, Shin, Jean “Swim Club accused of discrimination against kids” – CNN, July 17, 2009 Dayle, Leonard “Segregated high school proms divide Georgia’s High School Students- June 21, 2009