Racism: Martin Luther King Jr. And Rosa Parks

Racism is something that can be defined by the following two ideas: prejudice and discrimination, Prejudice being a way of beliefs or ideas that could be for or against certain groups. While some people would say they are based on stereotypes of different groups or people. Discrimination meaning to act unfairly or unfavourably to another group of people because of one's prejudices. Major events or people like the Holocaust, Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks, have contributed majorly to how racism is seen and dealt with today. But did events like these really change racism completely? It will never be non-existent, but when people really understand what it does, they can choose themselves what they think is really right.

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Institutional and intentional. Institutional is a major, because it is really no one's fault. It is important to recognize that no one actually intends to be racist. But it's the structures and policies put into place which are the main cause of this effect. For example: 'when white terrorists bomb a black church and kill five black children, that is an act of intentional racism. But when in that same city – Birmingham, Alabama – five hundred black babies die each year because of lack of proper food, shelter and medical facilities. Then thousands more are destroyed and maimed physically, emotionally and intellectually because of conditions of poverty and discrimination in the black community, that is a function of institutional racism.' - Stokely Carmichael and Charles Hamilton. This example proves exactly what the main difference is between intentional and institutional racism. Suggesting that the way society is, forces things to be almost impossible for there to be complete equality between all races. In different areas such as, housing, health care, education, employment and wealth. Different ethnic groups may find themselves disadvantaged only because of laws and traditions, which do not succeed into taking their needs into account. However, intentional racism is an entirely different story altogether. The word intentional itself seems pretty self explanatory to the common individual, meaning,

But only ever so slightly and it's happening quite slowly. 'I have a dream this morning that one day all men everywhere will recognize that out of one blood God made all men to dwell upon the face of the earth.' - Martin Luther King Jr. A vision of a community which is at peace and harmony is described by Martin Luther as the 'Kingdom of God'. Saying one day when the Kingdom of God is restored, people will be at peace with one another, There will be no more of anything bad, meaning no racism. Institutional racism is something that would be hard to change, it will always be there but some parts could change. Intentional racism is entirely up to the individual, based on their prejudices. Whether they think racism is wrong or okay to do, it will always be the people and environment around them which effects their choices. Maybe there will be more massive racial movements done by people trying to make a change or unintentionally throughout time. But for now, racism will always be present, some areas worse than others, but always