Racism is a belief that one race or religion is superior to another. Some people believe that the colour of someone's skin and their ethnic origin, gives them certain characteristics.

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(a) (I) what is racism?

Racism is a belief that one race or religion is superior to another. Some people believe that the colour of someone’s skin and their ethnic origin, gives them certain characteristics. They believe it is possible to form a judgement about some one just by looking at someone.

Racism takes different forms. There are violent racially motivated attacks. One of the most common examples of this is the KKK (Ku Klux Klan). The KKK is a large group of white people who believe that the white race is superior. They act out their hate of other races through violence. They are known to wear white robes and hoods and carry burning crosses. Another case of violent racism is the Amy Biehl killing (case study attached). There is also institutional racism. Institutional racism can be defined as the collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture, or ethnic origin. Some examples of Institutional racism are: segregation on buses in Southern States of America, the Apartheid system in South Africa, the Laurence report labelled the police in Britain as ‘institutionally racist’. In LA police officers were caught on video camera beating an African American motorist named Rodney King. The Apartheid took place in South Africa during the twentieth century. A system of a government was set up which was openly racist. In began in 1948 and it made laws which were designed to keep white people separated from the black people. It also gave white people privileges over black people.

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More suitable forms of discrimination are things like poor housing, employment, education, and treatment by society. The Apartheid was a classic example of this. Even though more than 70% of people in South Africa were black and fewer than 20% white, the white people took most of the land and made black people crowd into areas called ‘home lands’ which had poor quality housing, education and medical care. Black people were not allowed out of these areas unless they carried a passbook. Protests against this behaviour were not allowed and if anyone tried to speak out against the government they ...

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