Racism: "a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others"
Centuries ago when we still had the slave trade white people strongly believed that they were a different species to black people and so they justified treating their slaves like animals. Even before the slave trade native Americans were thought of as savages by the white English invaders.
I think that today racism is aimed at Muslims due to the terrorist attacks of the last ten years. There are anti-Islamic websites which focus on all the crimes that Muslim youths have committed and parts of the Qur'an which have probably been taken out of context.
I think racism is an awful crime which has been going on for many, many years. I think most people are guilty of it at some point even if they don't mean to. I am surprised that racism still goes on today as we live in such a multi-faith and race country. It is sad that the days of the slave trade, Martin Luther King and the Nazi's aren't long behind us.
www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism
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