Essay, Research Paper: Racism

Racism Everywhere you go, everywhere you look, there is always somebody different. The Canadian society focuses on that person, or group of people. They made them feel worthless and they treated them like animals. Imagine walking down the street and having people stare at you or call you names, or talk behind your back. Imagine not knowing the time because nobody will tell you. Why won t they tell you the time, or spare you some change? Because your different skin. Actually, because your skin is a different color, or because your a different kind of religion. You can help stop this, all you have to do is try to accept different ethnic people as you do anyone else. If you can t, you don t have to express it, keep it to yourself. If you hear somebody saying something about somebody else, all you have to do is listen, they are just as equal as you are. If you do it, pretty soon they ll quit. My friend was in a situation one time at a bus station and was wearing baggy pants and a shirt, he also had his beeper on. He came into the bus station off the bus and sat down. He heard footsteps coming closer to him and he thought he smelled alcohol. When he turned around there was a man standing there, he said is there something I can do for you? That man turned to him and got right up in his face and said why do you wear such baggy pants? My friend said because they are comfortable, and "Why do you wear such tight pants?" You know the old saying: Don t EVER mess with a drunk person? Well, he didn t take that to heart at that point, and the man said, "What are you, some kinda nigger?" He wanted to say are there different kinds? Then the man started taking off his gloves, he said, "If you were a nigger, I d hit you!" My friend didn t really care if he did because he d be the only one paying for it. Actually, My friend d probably be in the hospital because that guy looked like he could pack a punch. Then the next day he seen him talking to a BIG black man, just conversing, no racism in his voice. It just goes to show you how hypocritical people can be when they re racist, but not to different ethnic people s faces.
























I was looking through "Time" magazine and I found an article that was titled "Evict thy Neighbor." It was about a couple that had been getting harassed by their neighbors, they sued for $10 million in damages. We ask ourselves, why do people do this? As I said before, there is something you can do. You might not be able to stop riots, but you ll probably make a persons day better. Nobody criticizes country singers who sing about the same thing over and over, or the love songs that sing about the same thing. It shouldn t matter what color they are or what they look like, it s the music they sing. If you just think before you talk you can make a difference, if you put yourself in all these situations I ve just mentioned, you would want to make a difference.