“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” said Martin Luther King Junior. Racism is one of the world’s major issues today. Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our society. People also don 't see the effects about racism to others. Lastly, racism has affected equal opportunity in the United States of America. Racism has become a big issue in the past years.
Why has racism become a big deal still in today 's society? Racism is one of the most often thing you still see and hear about. It’s the 21st century but racism is still around. You may have thought that racism shouldn 't be around anymore but, it is. Kids witness racism in some point of their school year. Schools have become the number one place where racism is seen at. How come schools are the number one place where kids see racism? Shouldn 't kids be thought that racism is bad at schools and home. Many boys and girls get bullied by their skin tone or their culture which is considered racism. Other place you may witness racism is around
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Racism has many effects on people. The effects of racism or bad. We will not understand how people think when someone says something about you. It hurts so bad when you get told something because of your skin tone. Just because we look different from the outside it doesn 't mean that we don 't have the same inside, we are all human. It can destroy a person’s self esteem. A Cornell News Service study the year 2009 they study on the effects of racism saying that racial discrimination erodes mental health. The study finds that black people may have poorer mental health. Mental Health is one one of many things that affect someone being judged of who and what they are. Others may even try to suicide themselves because of so many insults of their skin tone. Racism has many more effects than what we may think it has on