Is Racism still a problem in the 21st Century
Is Racism still a problem in the 21st Century?Is Racism still a problem in the 21st Century?
Racism has been a problem since the very first day that two men of different races met. Racism is defined as \"the belief in the superiority of one race over all others.\" Often racism is a belief that one type of person has better physical attributes, or is more intelligent. This belief can have an enormous effect over the way that one group of people treat another.
In general, individual people are very friendly, but because of human actions throughout history or rivalling religious beliefs, people often see others as being a possible threat and treat every person of that race as if they were the same.
The first black people to be brought to Britain were slaves. The so-called \'slave race\' were taken from their home countries to Britain and America. Although slave trading was mostly common in America, It was the British that first started the slave trade. The slaves were promised the chance of a new life and promised that they would become \'good people\' and Christians. They were often falsely promised education and freedom if they would leave their homelands. However, the promises where rarely delivered.
People in Britain often get angry with the number of immigrants entering the UK. People and groups that are against immigrants usually claim that immigrants are taking jobs from them, these people usually have a poor knowledge and understanding of history and are unaware of why Britain has so many immigrants.
After World War II Britain had the task of trying to rebuild what had been lost in the devastation of war. One avenue of the rebuild of Britain was to run public transport again. However, the Britons who had fought in the war did not want low paid jobs like driving buses or trains; they felt that they deserved something better. To combat this problem Britain invited a huge number of West Indian people to Britain to take the unwanted jobs. The West Indians were grateful for the opportunity to work and many of them accepted the jobs and a life in Britain.
At the time, people of Britain welcomed the immigrants from the various parts of the British Empire and they were glad to see that the people who helped them defeat Germany were being rewarded in a way that pleased the immigrants and was convenient to the British people.
However, some people in Britain harboured jealous feelings and resentment towards the immigrants, once they began to set up their own businesses, buy houses and start families. Some Britons accused the immigrants of stealing their jobs and houses, using them as scapegoats for their own problems; the immigrants seemed to be blamed for many crises in Britain. Although most problems could be attributed to government policies, it was much easier to blame someone who was different from the majority; because of their skin colour, or because of their religion and even their success was criticised...
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