Racism: Sacred Cow
The sizzling streams of sunlight were just beautifully glimmering down on the crisp green schoolyard. Such a wonderful day that was. Nothing could have ruined it. Little Billy decided to go to the corner store and buy himself some soul food. As Billy started walking over to the store, clouds flocked over the dazzling sun. Billy wondered if this sudden darkness was a sign of things to come. On the other side of the road were three white boys from Billy's school. Upon recognizing little Billy, the boys ran across the street to him. "Hey Negro!" one of the white boys said. "Did your mamma pack you enough to eat today?" another hooted. "Just leave me alone," Little Jimmy said. "Oh no! Jimmy's really getting angry! Watch out!" teased the first boy. "Just leave me alone!" Jimmy answered. Everyday, everywhere, and all the time, people suffer discrimination simply because of minor differences amongst each other. Different beliefs; different cultures; different skin color; all of which act as building blocks to construct what we know as discrimination and racism.Racism is possibly the most damaging yet least obvious sacred cow in existence today. This is where the problem lies. It seems as if it only occurs because people
Obviously the preservation of racism can only lead to more problems. As long as racism exists there will be hate crimes and tension amongst any nation. However, there really is no way to eradicate crime, but simply to discourage it and lessen the intensity of the hatred, or conflict. These hate crimes are the real issue at hand. A nation must avoid them. For years the KKK practically worked in conjunction with the police department when hanging or beating young blacks. In Mississippi, the police would simply convict them, let them sit in jail for a few hours so that the KKK could get organized then promptly allow beatings and slaughter to occur. However, America took the stand to stop this. As a nation, we said no to such atrocities and started to root up the problem. While we couldn't change the beliefs of these people, we could, at least, instill the fear of god into them if they ever tried to act on such beliefs. Ignorance will always remain. In most cases, it's passed like a torch from generation to generation. People only know what their environment teaches them. If a father and grandfather are both bigots, it is likely that they will end up impressing these views upon their children more aggressively with time. There
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Approximate Word count = 838
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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