Why is it that people are racist? Are they trying to make themselves feel better while making others feel inferior? Racism is an act that we encounter everyday, whether it is with a family member, a friend, an aquaintance or even people that we may not know. Acts of violence may be a cause of racism. When racism is acted upon by a group of people, things do not just become dangerous, they become deadly.
I have personal experience with have someone that is racist in my extended family. When we are at family gatherings, he always brings up situations that he has had with black people, even if it happened 15 years ago and also tells obscene jokes. He is someone that will not change even if you try to change him. You try to talk to him and he just says some stupid comment back to you to make you feel stupid for even saying anything at all.
I am embarassed that I have a family member who is like this. I know that he has no reason to even think like this. Nothing has ever happened with him and a black person, because he does not even want to go near them. Is it possible to change someone who is racist? I have been wondering this ever since I knew what racism is.
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