Racism in History

Racism has been, from its origins, a very major part in how humankind sees people of a different race. It has molded past history into what it is today as well as created slavery, and abolished it in many places. Also, it has made way for stereotypes for different races of people for others to see them differently or discriminate against them even to make it seem more innocent, but innocent or not it is still a form of racism. This type of innocent racism modernly used is more widely known as “post-racialism”. The question up for inquiry is if racism is a thing of the past or is it just being hidden? In this essay I will discuss racism, different forms of racism both from the past and in the modern society, it’s history, the definition of post-racialism, and finally compare evidence to conclude whether racism is still very much alive or not. Racism has many forms. Such as when racism first came to be, as is discussed in an article from PBS.org titled The Historical Origins and Development of Racism, author George Fredrickson

Also stated are that blacks are suspended in schools at more a rate than whites, blacks are arrested more often for drugs than whites, the employment or hiring of blacks took longer to get a callback for a job than whites, purely based on the sound of their name. This is really unfortunate knowing that people of a different race are seriously under privileged compared to whites. Further explored along the line of racism in employment, in a Huffington Post article, author of The American Non-Dilemma: Racial Inequality Without Racism Nancy DiTomaso says, “In February, just 6.8 percent of white workers remained unemployed while 13.8 percent of black workers and 9.6 percent of Hispanic workers were unable to find