Racism: The Root Of All Evil

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Racism is a topic that several do not like to discuss due many different scenarios. People, cultures, and beliefs have been torture¬d from past events. Individuals, young and old, within today’s society have experienced racism in some shape or form. The subject of racism is something that people view differently. There are some who view it as okay, and those who are against it. The beginning of racism began during the time of the ancient civilizations which lead to events that caused short term effects such as the depression of those hurt by the September 11, 2001 attacks, and long term effects like Jewish mistreatment. The explanation of while different events happened are hard to come about, although an idea of the reasoning comes down to scientific racism.
During the ancient times, groups like the Greeks acted different to a specific part of their tribe because they were unlike the others. The Greeks began to call those who did not speak Greek, “barbarians,” a word that came from the only language they did speak, “barbar.” These “barbarians” had nothing different with their physical appearance and looked the same as the Greeks. Eventually Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, believed that those who displayed no spirit could not rule others. As he saw Asians as those without spirit, is which lead them to living in “subjection and slavery." Also during the ancient times, Egyptians painted those from different areas, different physical appearance, and hairstyles, a different color. Although there is no evidence on why these colors were used, it was used to show separation from one group to another. ¬ Years later in Europe, Jews felt greater than Christians which lead to the first knowing of killing by racism. Jews began to “torture...

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... to students, New York City having to deal with the tragedy in its city, and national security having to take care of its loop holes in an effective and timely manner. The research has shown that all this is possible because of scientific racism and the specific characteristics of races. The troubled topic is something that would be better off, without.

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