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Racism Case

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Unfortunately, in this great society we live in today, it has become quite common to presence acts of racism. Even though there are no more slaves and race is not supposed to determine social status, people continue to judge others based on their skin color, race, religion, or gender. Throughout history, the beliefs of these racist people have led to massacres and disaster. During the time of the colonies, African slaves were brought over to America and forced to work in plantations without any hope of someday being free. They were believed to be subordinate to the whites who thought they were the best people in the world. In World War II, Hitler and the Nazis killed millions of Jews, Gypsies, and other minorities because of their beliefs, customs, or looks. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, all the Japanese people in America were enclosed in some sort of reservations, because being Japanese made them all criminals! Today, the most common racist acts are seen in the beliefs that Middle Eastern people are all dangerous and a threat to America because of a few Muslims who were brain washed to destroy the towers of the World Trade Centers on 9/11. It is also believed that all Mexicans are “wetbacks” that just came to this country by “jumping the border”. Recent studies have come up with the fact that 6 out 10 Americans judge people based on their appearance, in other words, their race!

Because of this and many other racist acts throughout world history, I have deeply pondered on the solutions to this problem. After much consideration, I have come up with a modest proposal; why not send all these different races back to their original countries and build huge walls around the area that is assigned to them so they cannot get out anymore? This would be a perfect solution since only people of the same race would be able to interact with each other thus ending racism!

I mean, it would be so simple. All you’d have to do is gather up all blacks

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