Essays: Racism 34 Articles

by Erika Young

A letter to my children Dearest Little ones, I write this to prepare you for the future. I realise that you are too young to appreciate or understand the contents of my letter to you, nevertheless, I shall write, for...read more

by Dorothy Baughman

HISTORY HAPPENS EVERY DAY Everyone of any age at all, whether they realize it or not watches history in the making every day. Most are probably not th...read more

by Vicki Helgeland

Racism is an infection that is slowly killing the soul of humanity. Sadly, racism is a learned mind-set. I don't believe that people just inherently hate other people. Racism is learned by what children see and hea...read more

by kennethfsk

During our childhood years, much of our identity is defined by our parents, friends, schools, or where we grew up. These are all keys to our development, and influence much of who we become in life. However, what happens w...read more

by Erynn Emma Reid

Growing up in the United States, and the South at that, I, like many more of my fellow Americans, have taken note of racist issues arising in America. Every ethnic group from African American to Hispanic to Asian believes...read more

by hibernianscribe

Our history, the history we read in school and refer to in later life, was largely written by Protestant Englishmen and Anglo-Saxon Protestant Americans thereby excluding women, Native Americans and indigenous peoples worl...read more

by Robin Landry

Racism few other words can cause the torrent of emotion among both people of color and Caucasians as this one. As an African-American woman who grew up in the 1960s and 70s, for me the word conjures memories of the work ...read more

by Penney Johnson

Bessie was a lady; you could tell just by looking at her. She was always perfectly groomed: white gloves, which she wore everywhere, even to the grocery store; small, stylish hat; matching shoes and bag. Although she wasn'...read more

by Sheria Reid

I read most of my news on the Internet. It saves my house from being cluttered with newspapers. I am not very domestic and I try to avoid housekeeping to the extent possible. I've been following a tragic story regarding...read more

by Miranda Goodman

What Is Behind Racism Racism is something that no matter how much time goes by, will always be around in one form or another. It is behind almost all violence in some form. We say we are not racist, yet we make f...read more

by Elinda Harrison

Racism....One of the most powerful words in our language and unfortunately, one that is not used disparagingly. What is even worse is our ability to deny its' existence. We claim that "that" is not what is happening here ...read more

by Carrie-Ann Hernandez

False Accusations "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy " Those were the words from President Franklin Roosevelt the day after the Japanese bombing of Pear Harbor. The surprise attack on Pearl ...read more

by Meghann

OK, so racism is completely over rated lately. Whatever happened to that saying, "If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all." I grew up in Alaska. My friends, neighbors, church congregation were mostl...read more

by Tonya Ford

I had always heard my mother and grandmother talking about how prejudice is like cancer and it eats away at a person until there is nothing left.I didn't understand what they meant until one day my friends and I came face ...read more

by Samantha Brown

Will it go away, or ever stop. Marting Luther King said, " not by the color of my skin, but contents of my character. Non-violence is the positive side of the equation. We are preluded to a society of cowards, that thrive ...read more

by Rosemary Poole-Carter

Strange Fruit In summer 2004, I reviewed books for Mystery Scene Magazine and wrote a piece on Jeff Stetson's powerful debut novel, BLOOD ON THE LEAVES, which takes its title from the lyrics of a haunting song: "Souther...read more

by Chad Comer

There is no mystery or doubt in the existence of racism created and craved in the swine thriving on this planet today. Teaching and preaching to their own sick and twisted malicious minds unfathomable and uncontrolled anim...read more

by June McGee

Racism: How Far Have We Really Come? As a nation we continually evaluate how far we have come with reference to racism and the claim is that we have made such great strides in racial equality, but have we really? Is wha...read more

by Tammie Washington

Times have not changed much in regard to discrimination in our local schools. Many years ago some people marched together to urge our schools to see that children are just children. They are not black nor brown nor yello...read more

by John-Paul Harmon

(This short essay focuses on the racism of whites toward minorities) Hatred is an all too frequent occurrence in our society. America is plagued with racist hostilities and hate groups. These groups are founded on only...read more