Hello everyone. Welcome back to another presentation on IN THE WHITE. I hope you all are in good health and enjoying your time back at work, home, and school or wherever you are, it is a pleasure to start a new writing series on some human rights issues.
In today’s session, I will be touching on one of the most sensitive but important topics that is “Racism”.
Now, those of you who might not know what racism is, well, it is simply “discrimination by an individual, community or institution against a minority or marginalized group of people”
The best example of racism I could give is “Apartheid”. Even though it was a policy that segregated blacks from whites in South Africa, the concept of racism is no different.
It is unfortunate to witness or hear cases of racism, despite living in a more developed and educated world.
This raises serious questions on not only the perpetrators, but also those who let it happen.
Perhaps an even bigger question come towards our society, of what type of community we want to live in? Do we want a world of discrimination or a world of peace? And the biggest question we must ask ourselves as individuals is “why are we doing this in the first place?”
Looking at the sporting world, it hurts to learn that professional footballers like Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Raheem Sterling were racially victimized on social media following their penalty shootout loss to Italy at the 2020 (2021) European Championship final.
I must say, I am pleased with the fact that players are taking a knee in English Premier League matches, in an effort to fight against racism.
I strongly feel stricter laws needs to be implemented to deter players, fans or any other individual from judging people on the bases race.
Even governments need tighter social media policies, since digital media is now a major platform from which things like racism can be easily spread.
We also cannot only rely on lawmakers and law enforcing bodies like police or the court to ensure every person is viewed equally, but I believe it comes down to individual character, values and how we perceive people in our respective communities.
I see it as our duty of care to create a world free from any form of discrimination, whether be it against race, color, gender, religion or ethnicity.
Before I end this write-up, I know putting a permanent end to discrimination may seem over ambitious, but I remain optimistic that if we stop viewing people on their cast, race, religion, skin color or social status, but see every individual as a normal human being then I am sure we can at least reduce discrimination in our society to some extent.
With those words, I hope you liked this short presentation and found it interesting, as well as informative.
Thank you for reading.
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