Racism.

Racism. For the first time in the history of the United States racial and ethnic groups, once thought of as minorities, are beginning to outnumber the percentage of white Americans. Our nation's diversity has already begun to alter everything in society from politics and education, to industry, values, and culture. This is an extremely hard concept for many whites to accept. Long before this issue became a concern, our presumption of the "typical" United States citizen was someone who could trace his or her line of ancestry to Europe one way or another. Racism refers to any inherited physical characteristics such as skin color, facial features, hair texture, behavior patterns, personality traits, or intellectual abilities. In recent years, the definition for racism was modified to include social attitudes and occurrences. Racism usually takes the form of a claim that some human races are superior to others whether it's based on language, religion, or manners.Martin Luther King, Jr.Most peopl e donot realize it but yes, racism is still a huge issue in today's world.White people are always comparing other races to themselves as if theyare the best race of all and they are the ones that set the standard. Some whitepeople deny being racist in any way but what they don't realize is there justas racist as any buddy else that is. They still judge and assume things justbecause of the color of another human being's skin. Colored people do nothave it as easy as white people do just because they have a different color ofskin and society has taught the generations of kids and previous kids and willprobably teach our future kids to be racist.Most people do not look at another person's character or their actions orhow they feel or there opinion in certain areas but most of their attention goestowards their ethnic back round and skin color, or how a person looks on theoutside. Martin Luther King was a very courageous man who openedpeople's eyes on the issue of racism and showed people how different racesare being treated by the white race. He tried to show that it was what was inthe inside of a person that counts not there skin color or ethnicity.I think people are individually different in many ways, not by the fact ofthere skin color but there skills and their skills come from there ethnic backround which make them special in their own way and also make them betterin certain areas than other people. I do not make any assumptions until I meeta person there skin color means nothing to me, their character, attitude, moralvalues are what is important to me. People are people and should be treatedlike it and not be demoted because of skin color their color and ethnicity iswhat makes them unique as an individual person.