Understanding Racism: Causes and Consequences

Chapter 1: What’s Racism?

What is racism? Racism is when someone treats a race poorly or they hate a specific race or multiple ones. Also it is when someone of a certain race thinks that another race is below them and should not be treated fairly.

You can see racism when people are getting hurt and they are of different races. Also there is verbal racism which you can notice if people are saying mean and hurtful things to kids of different races. One example is if someone is called the N-Word.

Why does racism happen? It happens because people hate each other or think they are better than a certain race. People do it to make the people of a race they hate feel insignificant and like they do not belong there.

Chapter 2: Where does racism happen?

In What Country does racism happen most?
Sadly the most racism happens in none other than our home country of America. People in America tend not to treat people of other races as equals. Li

Chapter 3: Teens who are activists
There are not many teen activists for racism. Even though it is a huge problem in America Nobody is doing anything to stop it.

Chapter 4: My Opinion
In my opinion racism is horrible. People have done crazy things because of it. Mass genocide, suicide, murder and other things. One extremely racist person was….. Hitler! He was maybe the most racist person ever. He killed somewhere between 5.1 million and 6.0 million jewish people. That was called the Holocaust. He killed them because he wanted a world where he thought was perfect. He did not think the jewish were good enough.

I personally think that racist people are horrible. They think that no one is as good as their race and think that just because people look different or believe in a different religion that they aren’t good enough. Racist people Should be kicked in the butt and thrown on the street. They need to be treated how they think other people should. And they need to experience how their victims feel. That is just what i believe.

I also think that it needs to stop. Racism is a big problem in high schools and on the streets. People are constantly throwing names at each other for no reason. There are reports of murder happening in the streets of cities. People need to stop hurting and hating each other or this world will die. Racism against another country/countries could start a world war three.

Who are some more EXTREMELY racist people you ask? Let’s find out. There is a very bad racist(duh) group that called themselves the……….. KKK. They believed white people were superior to all other races and stood against immigration. They did not like other races. And they performed terrorism against groups or individual people who they wished to oppose. They also were anti-catholic.

Chapter 6: Effects of Racism
What are some effects of racism? People get all kinds of effects from racism. One effect is suicidal thoughts. People feel insignificant and like they don’t have a place in the world. That leads them to also believe that they should die. That results in, well you know what happens.

Another effect of racism is murder. Sometimes the victim of racist acts will be driven to kill the racist person. It could happen anywhere at any time. People on the streets are killed in ally ways because of earlier racist remarks and actions. It also could happen in a school. If a kid is being racist to another kid than the victim might plan to kill the person depending on how bad the racist actions were. Or another scenario is that the racist person could kill his victim if he thinks the victim is worthless and insignificant.

Here is another effect of racism. Depression. If someone is being told they are worthless and insignificant then the victim could be driven into sadness. Let’s say someone tells another kid that they don’t have the right to be in the school or world as a free person. Or that they are horrible because of their race. That could make them fall into a deep depression, cutting themselves off from the outside world. They might also stop eating or drinking and just never leave their room.

One more effect of racism is feeling weak.

Say someone is in the middle of a basketball game and someone starts making racist remarks at the person. That could make them feel weak and insignificant. It would also throw them off their game which would let their team down. Or if someone made fun of a person for their race it will make them feel like they don’t belong. Then the person would go on living their life feeling minor and unimportant in any way.

A fifth effect of racism is self-harm. If someone is a victim of racism and are being told that they don’t matter and shouldn’t be on the planet it can cause the victim to do some crazy things. One of those things is self harm. They might cut their wrists o

Chapter 7: Causes of Racism

What are some causes of racism? One cause is that they were raised that way. They might have just been taught that one race is better or worse than another. Another cause could be experience. Like say someone’s family is killed or they are harmed or have been a target by someone of a certain race. They could be driven into a hatred for that race, all because someone did something wrong to them.

They could also just simply be born like that. They might be born have been born hating a race. People might be born and as soon as they see a black, white, chinese, japanese, islamic, muslim, korean, etc. and just think “that person/those people, look different and act weird, they aren’t at my social

class.”