Reflections: Racism 47 Articles

by Yvonne Larose

Race Makes a Difference in Identity It may be a bit like stating the obvious but it's important that it be said. Race does make a difference when trying to identify a person or telling someone what race a person is. I...read more

by Lesli Cheyenne

First off I want to say, "If I offend anyone by anything that I say, I'm sorry. I am just giving my thought and voice to this subject and I really don't mean to offend you."... Racism...something that still exists. Ar...read more

by A. Major

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS has made us more aware of racism. Being an ethnic minority, I do appreciate that racial slurs now are hiding in houses instead of being put out there on the street, not for our delicate ears. I also...read more

by Jonathan Clayton

Reflections of Racism From My Youth This topic has been around forever! I'm sure it always will be, but I have to say after reading many different articles on this subject, I am compelled to relate my own experiences, ...read more

by Lesley Mason

I am not a racist. I wish I could say that with confidence. I think that, in fact, quite the reverse could be true. I do not believe that any race is inherently any better or worse than any other, in the same way that I...read more

by Katy Carson

What would the world be like if we were all the same color, nationality and religion? The answer is simple: boring. If you think about it in simple terms, we were all created and born in the same manner. Nobody can or will...read more

by Wali Alston

Yeah, I'm racist. Not to mention elitist, sexist and generationally preferential too. If there are any other 'ists' count me in. I don't like anyone who isn't me. Took me a while to get to this point but better late tha...read more

by Christian Fann

Racism: Noun, belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule o...read more

by Robert Randle

The interesting thing about the practice of "racism" is that it has absolutely nothing to do with race. The Anthropologists' documented research into the origins of humanity has concluded with irrefutable evidence that we ...read more

by UniversaL D.J.B-.AKA.-( George Solomon Zennelli - Transcended11 .)

The characteristics of racism are found within the very core of society, embedded and channeling out affecting the sensitive structure of the quality of life for a many number of people. The illusion of superiority, create...read more

by Gary Betts

My backyard borders on a wooded area full of squirrels. There are two kinds - gray and black. They often eat at the bird feeder, squabbling with each other over the food. I have seen blacks attack grays and grays attack bl...read more

by Michael Bettencourt

THE COLOR OF FEAR Recently, a good friend of mine who does training work around diversity issues in the workplace invited a dozen of his friends and colleagues to his house to watch a film called "The Color of Fear." M...read more

by Liquorice

I guess I am a racist. Not a "Turbo nutter bastard" send em all back, swastika wearing thug type of racist. However, a racist all the same. I will qualify that statement: I am no more racist than the old guy who lives down...read more

by Lori Ryan

Growing up racist. I was raised by a domineering father with absolutely no tolerance for anyone that wasn't a white male, preferably Irish. From a young age, I was told that black people were inferior to whites, just...read more

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by Jessica Smith

I think that racism is one of the most stupid and ignorant traits that can be passed down from one generation to the next. Think about it. Are blacks and whites really that different? Both breathe, live, love, breed, an...read more

by Dr. Audree Tucker

Rosie is one of my best friends. She's a black woman who refuses the label "African American". "African American?!" she says, "What's THAT? I didn't come from Africa, my ancestors did! I'm as African as YOU are. If whit...read more

by Kim Sharpe

I find Racism to be something that is completely distasteful and, to be honest, horrible. Truly horrible. I grew up in a family that accepted all people based on who they were on the inside and NOT the outside. I gre...read more

by Angela S. Young

Dictionary.com defines race as: "a group of persons related by common descent or heredity." We tend to place people in these groups based on skin color, country of descent or cultural features. Problematic at best, this...read more

by Writer M

As much as I hate this subject, it eats away at my inner soul, daily, a minute at a time. I so often have to fight within myself, asking am I being too sensitive? But, when I take a look around me, at my reality - a blac...read more

by Nazrul Islam

Racism has many definitions; the most common and widely accepted is that members of one "race" are intrinsically superior or inferior to members of other "races". Racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each r...read more