Believe it or not, many years after slavery was abolished here we stand today still discussing the issue of racism. Though there are no laws against racism, it is still something that I myself think needs to be dealt with more seriously. Today racism and prejudice is booming.
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Prejudice can be defined as thinking that a race is better than any other race. Many people think " O I love black people, I"m not racist or prejudice." But according to fact, just about every American is prejudice in some form or another. Prejudice is not just thinking that a certain race is better than another race or making racial slurs. Prejudice can also be classified as not accepting someone because of a handicap, obesity, the way they dress, or because of a person's gender. People are even prejudice on the subject of religion. People are being persecuted for their religious beliefs in a country that prides itself on allowing its people to make their own decisions as to what faith they want to practice and how and where they want to practice that faith. .
Many believe that racism begins at the home. Fathers teach their children to hate. Their children then teach their own children to hate. Though this is just one theory, learning from what I and others know Psychologists have told us that we learn through association, and rhetorical memories. I myself believe this, because if you grow up in a household that hats Blacks, women, elderly or any other group in society then you too most likely will think that way ( Roberts).
To this day, there is still much hatred between blacks and whites despite emancipation, desegregation, and integration. Some would even argue that blacks are still kind of held back, and still in the ropes of anti-freedom. Federal law defines a hate crime as whenever a victim is attacked on the basis of his or her race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or gender; hate offenses are directed against members of a particular group simply because of their membership in that group (Levin 4).