RACISM AS IT STANDS
Racial tension between people of different background, heritage, religion, social status etc. is not a new thing to civilization. Racism probably dates back to the origins of Western civilization, if not even earlier. “Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity. The ideology underlying racist practices often includes the idea that humans can be subdivided into distinct groups that are different due to their social behavior and their innate capacities as well as the idea that they can be ranked as inferior or superior.” (wikipedia) To really understand the underlying logic that propels one person to treat another as less than, we must first understand how we have all come to possess some level of perceived inferiority, which took root early on in our childhood. As we compared ourselves or more likely were being compared to o...