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 =__Why do people have the need to use racism in order to feel superior to others?__ =

Firstly, what IS racism? Racism is "the belief that one race is superior to another race in significant ways…" There are many factors for racism, but these factors only affect certain types of people. These certain types of people have the following characteristics: · Not very confident · Low self-esteem · Feel insignificant, wronged, or unloved (Found on Ms. Cyprah's blog on racism. < []>) Pasted from []

“Racism comes through feelings of unworthiness, of being ‘victimized’, lacking opportunity, and of being a failure.” This quote is saying that people who have failed in life at something or those who feel insignificant or unworthy usually are racists. Yet why is it that these people are usually the ones who are racist? Well, people who have a reason to be miserable usually find racism as a good scapegoat. Racism allows them to blame others of a different group for their miseries so that they themselves do not feel even more miserable. Racism also allows people to take all their anger out on a different group instead of owning up to the fact that the cause for their problems is themselves. People can blame weaker and vulnerable people of different races for their problems and in the end, can feel good about themselves (Found on Ms. Cyprah's blog on racism. <[]>). Feeling bad about oneself is not the only factor to racism. Racism is a type of prejudice and prejudice is a complex issue. Prejudice has two contributors: ignorance and fear. When talking about prejudicial racism, ignorance means not knowing another racial group’s customs or way of life. Fear in prejudicial racism means the fear of losing power. People can be really racist towards a certain group of people if they are afraid of losing power or a certain amount of special rights.



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Prejudicial Racism has 3 levels: 1. Cognitive/Stereotypical 2. Emotional feelings towards a different group o Dread o Fear o Caution o Fight or Flight o Joy 3. Discriminatory behavior towards a different race o Factors: race, ethnicity, gender, religion, etc… (Found from the Bahrain Medical Bulletin. <[]>) The second level, which is the Emotional level, is EXTREMELY influential because even after stereotypes have been disproven, the emotional state of the person’s mind on a certain race still affects his/her behavior to another person of that race. The behavior of a person towards a different group also shows that his/her need for superiority means that the person has a sense of insecurity inside. (Found from the Bahrain Medical Bulletin. <[]>)

“Racism is as old as mankind itself.” An example to prove this quote is in 100 BC when [|Cicero] told [|Atticus] that the British were stupid and unable to learn anything, which was why Atticus should not have gotten slaves from Britain (Found from the Bahrain Medicall Bulletin. <[]>). As it is shown, there are many causes for racism, and all the causes are based on the human nature of being superior to others. Now we know the reasons for racism, and we know that inflicting racism on a person is one’s own choice.

=What do I plan to do next:= What I plan to do next is to find out the most racist regions in the world or the U.S. and to see if those racist people can match up with any of the criteria on this page of what racist people are--are most of these places almost failed places? Does it even matter if a nation or place is failed or developed to develop the concept of racism? I would also like to investigate this situation: America has some racial issues and many people in the U.S. are racist while many are not. Are those who are racist failures or fearful of something? Do they have low-self esteem? More importantly, are racist people setting up an image that America is being racist because of fear of losing power or that America has low-self esteem? AnnBibChandra