FREE ESSAY ON RACISM TODAY

RACISM TODAY

Racism Today
There is an underlying problem that is promoting racism. It is the fact that a lot of
people believe, and try to make themselves believe, that racism no longer exists. Many
people today live their lives oblivious to what is happening in the world around them,
often trying to convince themselves that racism is not a problem in their world. Others
know all about the problem, but don't really realize that they themselves could possibly
be adding to the problem by discriminating against someone else's human rights, and at
the same time going around saying how open-minded they are. 
One of the main problems of racism is that many people live in racist conditions, without
even seeing it. Oftentimes its in their school, workplace, community, or even in their
own homes. People often tell jokes with racist slurs, and while we know not to laugh at
ones about blacks, it seems that ones about other races like Chinese and Hispanic are
okay. We tell ourselves that they are just jokes, but not to those who they are
ridiculing. We are all perpetrators of this and we usually feel that these types of jokes
are harmless. They can be harmless and maybe at times we even think they are funny, but
they are also hurtful and degrading. Some of the biggest racists are those who don't even
know that they are, and even say that they aren't. These people are racist because they
cannot comprehend what is happening and do not realize what they are saying is racist.
Until they come to grips with this problem, in their minds there is no problem. They say
that they are not racist, even when they don't hire the East Indian employee who was the
most qualified of the candidates, even when the athletic team they coach consists of all
white athletes. 
Often times these people feel that just because a person is a certain color or race, that
they must be a thief or a criminal. This is very typical in today's society and no one
deserves to be prejudged like that. The prejudice of people in the world is disgusting.
The worst part of it all is that they don't even know that they are doing it, often
thinking that it is just normal behavior. There are people that don't realize that they
are racist and then there are those people who are ignorant and unaware of racism in the
world. They walk down the streets, through the stores and working at their job,
completely oblivious. We don't see what is happening around us because we don't want to
see it. If you take someone and put them in the heart of a racist area, would they notice
the problems then or would they still deny or overlook the fact of racism? Those people
who do not see that racism is a problem are almost as bad as the racists themselves. This
is not to be taken in the wrong way; some people who ignore racism are those people who
are trying to push racism out of their own lives and out of the world. However, as long
as we have people who are unaware of the problem, it will continue to thrive.