1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
I believe that sounds about right and if you take racism in it literal form we are all racists! Why? We in the UK, USA and other developed countries do believe that we are superior to others, "no we do not" most white people would say, but unfortunately we do, this is why most British and American people choose to ignore scandals like corporate child labor that boarder lines slavery. Imagine if the newspapers were to expose child labor in British or American factories, English and American children being forced to work 12 hours a day in disgusting conditions, just so they can eat and be sheltered. Would the masses allow it? of coarse not, parents in Britain complain about our children having to do P.E lessons in the cold! And the only thing most children in Britain spend 12 hours a day doing is sitting on their fat asses watching there child made T.Vs or playing there child labor made Xbox.
The masses in UK and USA completely ignore corporate slavery despite the fact that huge billionaire multinational corporations such as Tesco, Walmart, Nike and many others force children as young as eight years old to work for as little as seven pence per hour, if after reading this you choose to shop from Tesco or Walmart on a regular basis again or spend $150 on a pair of child labour made Nike trainers, you are racist, or you could just be OK with child labour and slavery with children and people of any race, but I doubt that!
Most people, black, white or brown would insist, they are not racist, and most people claim to be outraged by racist jokes or stereotypes. I am not, to me that is just name calling, eg, if I call someone a four eyed prick, it does not mean I hate all people that wear glasses, It probably means I do not like the individual that I am aiming the insult at so I find a way to insult him, that is not racism, it's still not nice but it is not racism.
Real racism is a lack of respect for another human beings human rights just because they are not the same race as you, real racism is the fact that prisons in USA have more young black people in them then their colleges, real racism is the oppression of Africa being ignored and wars fought in countries in with high amounts of oil or other natural resources being ignored, in fact racism is what allows these things to go on unnoticed by the ignorant, racist masses reading the biased and racist media.
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