Racism will stay on our earth, until we can educate every single person in this world

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Racism

Could you image having to enter a public bus through the rear door and only be allowed to sit in the back of the bus? Could you image having to drink from a specified water fountain designated for your race? How about facing the fear of hate groups against your race, or being falsely accused of a crime and found guilty by a jury consisting of people of another race. This is what people had to do half a century ago. This all ‘stopped’ in the last fifty years since the adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However I believe it stills continue in our society today. And it will continue unless we make a stop to it.

In the dictionary the word racism is defined as a belief in, or set of implicit assumptions about the superiority of one’s own race or ethnic group, often accompanied by prejudice against members of an ethnic group different from one’s own.

Scientists believe that even when there is no overt discrimination, racism exists as an unconscious attitude in many individuals and societies, based in a stereotype or preconceived idea about different ethnic groups.

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For many people factors relating to their social identity such as race, colour and national origin become ‘differences that make a difference’.

During the last fifty five years since the adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international community has made some important advances in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. And yes this has helped, progress has been made but yet the dream of a world free of racial hatred and bias remains only half fulfilled.

I believe if the world makes an effort, together, we can embody a new spirit, ...

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