I have chosen to carry out my investigation on 'racism'. The hypothesis I have set myself is 'Racism is Wrong'.

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Sanjay Patel        

GCSE Humanities Coursework

“Racism is wrong”

I have chosen to carry out my investigation on ‘racism’. The hypothesis I have set myself is ‘Racism is Wrong’.

The reason why I have chosen ‘Racism’ as a part of my investigation is because I have gone through racial harassment and I feel that me being able to do this coursework will let me speak my mind about racism and talk about it in more detailed manner. This means that I will be able to write down my experiences. I personally believe that racism should be eliminated through all walks of life. Be it someone’s religion, skin colour or even what language they speak ‘racism is wrong’

I will use a variety of research methods to help me. To research my sub questions I have decided to use a mixture or research techniques, for this sub question “what is racism?” I used the Internet. And found it useful because it has a large amount of information that can stretch to the other side of the world. It is also quick and easy, and has both sides of the argument and also is up to date. But the information has to be read carefully and certain relevant pieces have to be selected for use.    

What is racism?

Racism is defined as a principle in the superiority of one race over all others. It occurs when people are prejudice and discriminate others because of what colour skin they have. People who are racist are prejudice, they use their own views to hurt the other person/people, this is done physically or verbally, and they do this all according to their beliefs before knowing the facts. Racism can happen not just because of the colour of the persons skin, it can also happen within the same minority, this type of racism is mostly to do with religion, where people discriminate the opposite religion this is another form of prejudice. Also racism can happen because the person has a different nationality or even speaks a different language. They are all the categories that prejudice and discrimination hold, and all come into racism. Racism can make a person or person’s life a misery. This is because the victim feels traumatized all because he or she is discriminated due to their colour or just because they are different. Racism is sometimes described as a traumatizing and disturbing moment in time. Most of the time racism is shown in the media as one side, one sided meaning that only one of the minorities were getting racism, but this is not true, there are other sides to it. But if you think about England there are more whites than ethnic minorities, so therefore the ethnic minorities would get the more racism. Some expressions of racism are obvious such as graffiti, intimidation or physical violence. Racial and ethnic slurs or so-called ‘jokes’ are other examples of obvious racial discrimination. Unfortunately, they are often ignored because people do not know how to deal with them. Other expressions of racism are slighter, such as discrimination in hiring, renting out apartments and admission to clubs and bars. Racism poisons the atmosphere of trust we need in order to live in peace and harmony. Racist jokes and racial discrimination leaves the victims feeling helpless and fearful. The research method used for this sub question was the Internet, (Encarta). I used this because it was easy, simple and it was an encyclopaedia online.

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How does racism affect someone’s life?

For this sub question I am going to use the Internet. As it is simple clear and concise. This sub question talks about “Narinder Kaur” of the Big Brother house channel 4. Also I am going to interview a member of my family as they have gone through racial harassment. Racism can harm someone’s life in many different ways. This can be done mentally which psychologically and physically. From my case study I know that the racist starts off at stereotyping and then talking out and leading up to physical attacks. The ...

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