The Racism in the world - Santiago Guerra

The racism is an ideology based in the superiority of races and ethnic groups. The people who follow this ideology believe to be better than others due to the color of their skin, their manners or their religion. This feeling of hate is stronger when two or more different races and ethnic groups live together in the same place. The main objective of this ideology is the control and the domination that people of the same race exerts above other groups of people.

In the world the racial segregation have existed for many years and I think that in America it was stronger in the colonization times. The eropean people dominated to the ethnic groups that inhabited in the continent and the black people tahat they brought as slaves. The legacy of this segregation continues in these days despite the fight of many people against the racism and the discrimination.

The principal characters who have been recognized for their fights are Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. The first one was an afroamerican priest who leaded a movement of civil rights for the afroamericans in the United States. Also, he participated in many protests against the Vietnam war, the famine and the poverty. For his job of trying to end with the racial segregation through no violent ways he was condecorated with a Nobel Prize. He is remembered as one of the best leaders and heroes of the United States History and his birthday is a festive day in that country. Nelson Mandela fought against the apartheid in South Africa and was arrested. He stayed in jail for twenty seven years. When he went out he became in president of South Africa after winning the first democratic elections. Also, he won a Nobel Prize and many other awards.

In our country I think the racism still exists especially to the balck people and indigenas. I believe that our country is magnific not only for its natural beauty but also for its cultural rich. Many ethnic groups live in our country and no one is higher than others. We should find against racial prejudice and this fight should begin in our minds, understanding that we are all equal. We should treat the people for their thinking and actions and not for their skin color or their socila class. Also, I think that the races don't exist, the human race is unique and there are many other problems that we should focus on as the poverty, the famine and the homeless people.