Racism and Culture Denial

1258 Words6 Pages
Racism and The Culture of Denial Jennifer Edwards Ethics Prof. Umoh August 10, 2012 What is racism? Racism is the prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief. Racism is also known as hatred from one person to another because the color of your skin, language and your native customs. Racism started with the original slave trade and it has been a part of human nature ever since. Racism goes back to “800 B.C. where the view of racism was an epidemic in the white society and the only solution was to separate black people from the whites in order to defend themselves and protect their interests.” (-800BC-today: A very brief history of racism) “Libertarians view racism to be a product of capitalism.” (-800BC-today: A very brief history of racism) The libertarians felt that racism grew out the early capitalism, because the use of slaves had create a world that was justified but white governance had started dividing the working class by ethnicity. However, the society before was capitalism was able to do without the form of persecution. “The first clear evidence of racism occurred at the end of the 16th Century with the start of slave trade from Africa to Britain and to America.” (Nittle) Racism had reached its ultimate high over the years and because a lot of wrong doing was being done to blacks and other ethnic cultures and therefore a program was created called affirmative action. Affirmative action was implemented in different societies for minorities so they can have access to jobs and educational opportunities. “For years, state-sanctioned discrimination would thrive in the United States. But two world wars marked the beginning of the end of such discrimination.” (Nittle) “In 1941 the year the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802.” (Nittle) “The order
Open Document