Racism in Canada and America

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Racism in Canada and America

Racism is a certain kind of prejudice, based on faulty reasoning

and inflexible generalizations toward a specific group. The word

prejudice comes from the Latin noun praejudicium, which means a judgment

based on previous decisions formed before the facts were known. If a

person allows their prejudiced beliefs to block the progress of another, it

is discrimination. Those who exclude all members of a race from certain

types of employment, housing, political rights, educational opportunities,

or a social interactions are guilty of racial discrimination.

For centuries conflicts have taken place among three main races,

Caucasian, Asian, and Negro ranging from snobbish social exclusion, to

state- sponsored genocide. Racism is an unmerited fear or dislike of a

people because of their ethnic heritage. When colour is not a reason,

other reasons such as language, religion, nationality, education, sex, or

age become the reason of prejudice.

Sociologists, historians, anthropologists and archeologists believe

racial discrimination happens more often and most harshly when two groups

with different skin colours and unique physical features come into contact

with each