Racism In The Poisonwood Bible

While it may seem like racism is not a problem in today’s society, it very much is. It was a larger problem before our time, as shown in the novel, The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver. People witness racism everyday, whether they realize they do or not. Racism, by definition, is the belief that one race of people is better than another race of people. It is everywhere; on the radio, on television, on social media; however, it is not prohibited like it should be. It has been around for a Many can observe one thing from our modern day society, and it is that celebrities and powerful companies influence everyone. Therefore, when famous rappers say the n-word in their songs, there is not a large problem. However, just because these words

(S., Lauren M. "Racism and Its Affect on Society." Racism and Its Affect on Society. Teen Ink, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.)When the 9/11 attacks occurred, anyone with an ethnic or religious background that were the same as the terrorists were discriminated against, and harassed. They still are today. Due to the more recent attacks in Paris, people of the Muslim religion or of an Arab race are being treated differently. On another note of stereotyping, some black people are being stereotyped and given labels such as ghetto and trashy. While there may be some black people who are “ghetto and trashy,” there are just as many white people like that, and Asian people, and middle eastern people. There was a video of a woman named Ernestine Johnson, called “The Average Black Girl,” and this video encompasses all that racism and stereotypes are in today's society. She talks about how people call her “not the average black girl” because she pronounces every syllable of every word she says, and because she doesn't smack her gum and “sass people,” just to name a few examples. What Ernestine Johnson definitely has right is that we are one equal race. The stereotype of “the average black girl” for her are people like Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman, who helped make a difference. Stereotypes blind people from seeing what a person is really