After reading/viewing the racism pieces, I conclude that people are racist because they have low self esteem, and their personal orientation and a need to be the dominant race. For instance, Routledge writes “When people’s self-esteem is threatened, prejudicial actions such as racism appear to restore esteem.” This explains that when someone feels that their self-esteem will be ruined by someone else, they try to put the other person down. Another idea that supports this conclusion is when Routledge states “It is very easy to pit groups against one another if they are competing for a scares resource. This tells us that because we all live in the same place and need the same resources to survive, we put others down to get what we want. One final