December 16th
In this blog entry, I will address whether I believe that there could be an end to racism. Racism is a concept that has appeared several times while we have been studying the course of American history. My definition of Slavery, would be a viewpoint that an individual has on another individual. I believe that this viewpoint must be directed towards the characterization of a person by their race, meaning the heritage that they have and the family that they are related to by blood.
I believe that there is actually no stop to racism. I believe that slavery is just a thought of the human mind, I believe that it is a habitual thought in a way, and by this I mean that you can not get rid of it. I consider racism and stereotypes to often go hand in hand. A stereotype is a conclusion based off of common observations that is used to better understand a race or culture. The only difference I really find between racism and stereotyping, is that racism is more generally applied to different races, and it is not applied to a culture as often as stereotypes. I believe that neither of these can be eliminated, as both of them are just a way of categorizing another human being, and that the only way to actually get rid of racism would be to view every human being as your equal.
I agree with you Nick even though we have abolished slavery in the US we have given birth to racism. In our minds we will always treat people different based on ethnicity, religion and so on. Whenever we think of these people a stereotype will come into our heads.
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