Racism, a certain kind of prejudice.

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Racism is a certain kind of prejudice, based on faulty reasoning and inflexible generalizations toward a specific group.For centuries conflicts have taken place among three main races, Caucasian, Asian, and Negro. Racism is an unmerited fear or dislike of a people because of their ethnic heritage. When colour is not a reason, other reasons such as language, religion, nationality education, sex, or age become the reason for prejudice.

We believe racial discrimination happens more often and most harshly when two groups with different skin colours and unique physical features come into contact with each other and the two are fighting for the same thing.

History shows that all attempts at a racial dominance result in conflict and the diference of human species. But, some communities without disturbeing an racial conflict can take advantage of all its citizens potential and move toward elimination of this caind of problem betwen species (white, yelow, black ).

Our hate is caused by witnessing the behaviour of the Ku Klux Klan, our unfavourable feeling toward a person without actual facts and the verbal abuse that we get almost every day of our lives (if not us, then there is someone in the world being hurt right this very minute.) an example from world history was when africans were brought to the colonies and forced to work a lifetime for no wages. The master took all the profits to save the small amount he used to provide food, clothing and shelter for his slaves. Without being able to read or write, the first Africans in America had no defence against the refusal of their people. The dehumanization of the African-American slave stands out as one of the most brutal and savage torture in history.

Not being able to defend yourself against the hurt that people...