RACISM

DEFINITIONS

1. The belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their
respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the
righttoruleordominateothers.
2. Offensive or aggressive behaviour to members of another race stemming from such a
belief.
3.Apolicyorsystemofgovernmentbasedonit.(TheMacquarieConciseDictionary,1996)

IMPORTANTINFO(U.N.)

Racism is the belief that have some human races of being superior to other races, this is
because of thedifferentcharacteristicsthat determinetheirrespectiveculturessothatmake
themfeelthattheyhavetherighttoruleordominateothers.
Thisactionhasoccurredduringall time,alotofpeople hasdiedbecauseofthis.During the
second World War the racismwasverycommonbetweendifferentreligions,especiallywith
theJewsinGermany,duringthistimetheNazis,dominatedthemandlaterkilledthem.
When war ended, the majority of the nations got together to create the united nations, for
regulating the world peace, and with this the United Nations created the Universal
DeclarationofHumanRightswhichyouhaveforthefactofbeingahumanbeing..
Relating this declaration with the racism, is one the main purposesofthedeclaration.Inthe
second article of the declaration says that: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and
freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour,
sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or
other status. Thisinvolvethateveryone isfree,candowhateverthey wantandlivelikethey
want, without mattering his race, and no one can dominate you or rule you, becauseofthis
characteristics.
The racism can be related to minority and the ethnics groups, inthistermsenterthepeople
who are indigenous, displaced people, migrant workers, refugees and even oppressed
majorities because people is less than the others groups, are more vulnerable to get
dominated, so most of the times the strongest race will dominate the weakest. One of the
best example are the African Americans when they arrived to the United States and until
nowadays.

ImportantEvents

1962JamesMeredithwasthefirststudentacceptedattheUniversityofMississippi
1963CivilRightsMarch,
promulgatedthedeclarationofeliminatingallactionsofracism
1964TheCivilRightsActissigned
1964Dr.MartinLutherKingreceivestheNobelPeacePrize
1965TheVotingRightsActissignedgivingcolorpeopletherighttovote
1968Dr.MartinLutherKingisassassinated
1968TheCivilRightsActissigned(again),itbannedanykindofdiscrimination
2004december16,endsatelevisionprogram

REFERENCE
TheMacquarieConciseDisctionary(1996)AntiracismeducationforAustraliaschools.What
isracism?.From
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/teachingresources/factsheets/9.html

UnitedNations(1948)TheUnitedNation.TheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRights.From:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/