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by Mrs Nicky Goode

Created on: November 18, 2009   Last Updated: November 20, 2009

Racism will never truly be on a decline until we as a people allow it to be. We just have less cases of it reported. Everywhere we go in America, you can find at least one group of people that doesn't like another race of people. The racism in today's generation still carries on, in my opinion, because of sometimes family upbringing, where one is raised and the type of challenges in life people are faced with and the answers they receive for why they are struggling. People feel like it is one race's fault that the other race is not succeeding and in some cases people feel like it is another's fault for why certain turn of events happen. I myself believe in taking responsibility for one's actions and creating your own future. However, some people do not.

There are still so many people stuck on the past that they can not move forward. People are to concerned now with where some one else came from that they do not even see the fact that America is filled and mad up with all different types of people and creeds. There are many different religions, many different faces, and many different beliefs.

To prove my point, ask yourself this: after the 9-11 attacks, how many people reading this article saw an Arab and had doubts about them or maybe even started to hate them? Most likely, many, because once it was said who was behind the attacks, everyone freaked out because a lot of us see so many Arabs a day and couldn't pinpoint who was who. I didn't feel that way because a couple of persons actions shouldn't dictate how you think about the rest of the world or the rest of that race.

Another perfect example is this new case that is going on dealing with the man in Cleveland, the "Imperial Avenue" murders. The man, named Anthony Sowell, is being held due to 11 human remains being found in his home. To those who are familiar with the case and for those who are not, the 10th victim has been identified and my heart goes out to all those families suffering right now. After the first break of the story, I ran through countless numbers of forums and some of the comments made were just outrageous. A lot of the comments had to do with his race. He is an African American male. It was stated that his race had played a part in him doing those horrific things. The people who wrote those comments only forgot to mention that all of the women where African American females.

When you look at the gist of it, coming from my part, at least 8 of those African American women were reported missing, some dating back as far as a year. When loved ones went to the police to inquire, they were told, "When the drugs are gone, they will be home". The police force, which is predominately Caucasian, made the assumption that since these women lived in a poverty-filled environment, were in a drug-infested area and that they could not be missing, but simply out partying. If their ethnicity had of been put aside, maybe the lives of at least 5 of those women could have been saved. Even if not when they were alerted to the order of a dead person, not animal but person; if they had of did a more thorough investigation maybe after the first victim he would have been put away.

Now please understand that I am not putting any race before any other. I am not asking you to take my word . I would rather you look it up and make the decisions for yourself. I am just stating the circumstances and why I feel racism still exist and why I feel it has not declined. A lot of races allow the mistakes of a few to dictate how they see the rest of the people from that culture. I feel that maybe if people truly started seeing human beings as human beings and not as that black man, or white man, idiom women, or any color, then maybe racism could possibly slowly fade away. As long as we are still defined and defining each other by our skin, racism is allowed to thrive and live on. We as human beings allow it to do so because of our mouths and actions. We say things around our children that we shouldn't about other races. That is a very terrible practice but also explains how acetic spreads and passes through generations.

That concludes my answer to this debate and my reasons that I say that racism is not on a decline and will not be on a decline until we as human beings allow it to start declining.

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