Racism -Tears on the Soul of Humanity
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Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another.
Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another - or the belief that another person is less than human - because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes.
http: //www.adl.org/hate-patrol/racism.asp
Definition: The American Heritage Dictionary lists two definitions of the word 'racism':
1.The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2.Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
There is great confusion and argument over the terms 'racism' and 'racist' - some groups are classified as 'racist' while others are considered 'incapable of racism due to power difference.'
The first definition can be evidenced when we consider the views of White Supremacists and Jim Crow Laws (which legislated the belief that Whites were entitled to more civil rights than others) . The underlying assumption is that one race - the white race - is superior to all others.
http: //racerelations.about.com/od/skillsbuildingresources/g/racismdef.htm
Caucasian race is superior to all races they believe
All other races blacks, browns, multicolored
Through the ages have come to grief
The white supremacists the leader the chief
A new world order a new world brief
Hate discrimination slavery
Imposed on the children
Of a lesser god by a greater white God
And Thief
Unanswered prayers
Unanswered hopes
And no relief
The color of the skin is more important
Ignoring the universal color of blood
Tears on the soul of humanity
A painful motif
LOVE POETRY HATE RACISM
