Racism

Written by: Drew Justine C. Cua

Racism is already a big issue before, and now it’s still ongoing. Society judge people and they don’t think before they say anything that would hurt that person. They don’t put themselves into one’s shoe and think what they would feel if they said this or that. We can’t judge people based on what they look like or what skin tone they have because it is not their fault so why judge them? We do not have the right to judge.

I pity those who are being judge based on their race because they are being bullied in school. When a kid studies in a school full of white people, and then there are only a few dark-skinned people, those kids may bully them because it is like “you’re not one of us” and also if you are Asian, they would also do the same but it usually depends on the school. A lot of people think that black people are the ones who abuse you, or they are rude and all those negative things. They also say that if you “pranked” them, they will punch you or be violent already. It’s not that if they’re black, every single one of them are already like that. Some of them may be very kind and a good sport too. Especially the people that wrap their head with cloth, sometimes, they are not allowed to enter a mall, or to enter the bus because they might be terrorists. This is really mean because you cant judge a person the way he or she looks. What if she really is a good person and you keep on saying bad things about him or her.

This is not fair because they are people who are being judged and some of them get depressed because of that. Teens who are being bullied because of their race, they tend to do drugs, cut, and do the don’ts. Some of them may also attempt suicide because they are sick of people who bully them every single day. They might be tired of feeling the same bad things that are happening to them and they just thought of killing themselves.

Long time ago, black people and white people are separated when it comes to transportation and lines. This happened in Africa when they are ruled by the Europeans. This should not be allowed before because it shows how racist the Europeans are. Good thing is that they don’t follow this rule anymore. There are also times when people see black guys, they would react already. We shouldn't follow these because this is a bad example of those people.

A major problem in the world, I feel sad that I could not do anything about it. Yes, we can lessen but we can’t stop it. There are so many people who are just that way, therefore we can’t do anything at all. Hopefully one day we can stop racism and change this world to a better place.