why does racism still exist in America?
483885
I feel that racism is taught. Learning to accept all people should be taught in the home at an early age. People need to realize that this world would be a boring place if we were all the same!
474133
Yes, sadly, Skin Color is still an issue.  Racism and sexism is still a huge issue in America.  Think about it. How many huge-businesses can you think of... (like the Gap) that are run by women, Latinos, or African-Americans?  All racism, for all races is still there. Racism for African-Americans is very high in the South, sadly.  My advice to you is just fight against it as much as you can and be as understanding and compassionate as you can be. You may not be able to change the world, but you can change a few lives one day at time.  \nEmily
807279
America MUST solve its racism problem.\n\nIt must also do something about improving the education system and the health system to ensure people have an adequate education and are not dying because they can't pay a hospital bill.
434687
I have no idea why America has bigotry. People are insecure with themselves and sometimes they put others down to make themselves feel better. That could be a possible reason. Also, people have different opions and portray them differently. Bigotry may just be some peoples way of portraying their opionons.
99072
We are all racists in one way or another.  No matter what you or anyone else says.  Everyone is profiled by others and we all do it.  You see a fat person and you treat that person different then another, a whore that stand on the corner, the bum in the park, the Jew, the black man, the white man.  There has always been racism and always will.  It is a part of our inperfect nature.
1130525
To me, racism is our instinctive fear of the unknown without the discernment that comes from wisdom. We focus on the outward appearance without searching the content of the character-- leaving fear and ignorance as the motivator for subsequent actions. Racism, unfortunately, seems to be too closely related to "survival" in the minds of those that subscribe to it so, unless mankind experiences some sort of 'evolutionary leap' or something, racism will probably be around for the duration of our current existence.
1176382
The racism I see happening most often is reverse racism. This is very much the media's doing and parents teaching their children hatred. There is never mention of the white people that fought and died to end slavery in this country. There weren't just families that lost loved ones on the battle ground but people that were part of the underground railroad and people that spoke out and risked everything in doing so. Through the years I have seen black people express hatred for whites because of slavery and their own ancestry. I am not saying there isn't more to fuel the fire...I am saying  slavery is the first thing mentioned.  Because of the sacrifice many made to end it there should be some sort of honor for them from the black community...but there is not. The end of slavery is celebrated as if not one white man died for it or gave a limb. Some blacks hate all whites as if all were the descendants of slavers instead of liberators. Whole family lines were wiped out in a war to abolish slavery and keep a country united. Why the hatred now? Where is the balance? Where is the truth? Why does the media want to fan the flames of bitterness. Why can't there be reconciliation now?
721624
America IS a multi-cultural nation like it or not and you can't write off the whole country as being either racist or non-racist, that's just simplistic thinking.\n\nYou're going to have people who believe what they will and you can't change that in any society.  So there will always be people who discriminate against one or more groups for some reason...if not for race, then socio-economic level, because they're too fat or too thin, because they don't look a certain way, because they're male or because they're female...the list goes on.\n\nIf you'd read a paper lately, you'd see that minorities are working their way up the corporate and political ladders at a remarkable pace.  Does that mean we'll see an African-American or Latino President or even a woman President in the next 20 years?  Perhaps not, but the fact that it is a possibility speaks a lot for progress.
510043
racism has been with us for centuries.  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you; sounds simple but so many people won't even try.
601295
Everyone has been affected by racism, even if they're white. It just works a little differently with caucasions. Instead of being pulled over for no reason or being watched - like a hawk would watch its prey - when you walk into a gas station, you would not be allowed to ever say "you people", and everyone assumes you're a racist just because you're white. One day in school I heard a black guy saying to a white girl that he hates white people because we enslaved his people. This was in eigth grade, and ever since then, when I meet a black person, I can't help but think he/she hates me because I'm white.
581723
Because there are still people living in the past and refuse to really think for themselves.  The educational system wasnt able to teach such people so racism will continue.  Just dont let it affect your life and the way you think or carry yourself.  And yes we all should have the same opportunity at success but its up to you to claim it regardless of the racism this time and age.
1098978
Racism isn't mutually exclusive. Often its other issues that motivate criticism and violence. How many times have you seen the victim of hate or violence by one man take it out on an entire race of human beings. This happens ever day.
1003270
Time does not heal all wounds, it just makes them a little less important.\n\nYour question and the reading raises a few interesting points but I will say this, racism is not a 'thing' we can see or touch or taste, it is an emotion based in an irrational fear that is taught from generation to generation. It matters not what the specific race of the individuals are engaging in hate behavior, it is more closely related to the stereotypes that have evolved over literally hundreds of years.\n\nWithout education, racism exisists as an entity rather than a concept and with education, racism will cease to exist. Do not concern yourself with products on store shelves that have been bolted down. You see it in communities all over America and in places where there are no Black people, so take heart in knowing that yes, racism is indeed alive, but only in the hearts of those who have a vested interest in keeping it alive.\n\nAbout your comments, there are lots of Black people that use "White" hair products and vice versa; in case you were unaware, CVS has anti-theft devices in or on all of their products. They have one of the highest loss-ratios in the business, meaning that people are stealing from there all the time, White, Black, whatever. Stealing is not a Black thing, it's a people thing.
538172
Racism still exists in many parts of the world.\n\nIt's not right and it's not nice...but it's a fact.\n\nIgnore the minority of ppl who still are biggots.
529473
Every culture teaches its self that it is superior, right, different, entitled, when compared to another culture.  It is very difficult to go outside ones self and view people/events/things from a completely objective perspective.  Some folks can do this better than others, but everyone is trapped by their own beliefs and that is what they use to observe and judge what they see.  \n\nYou're right in saying there is a level of racism here, sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle.  From my perspective, I don't see how that can be avoided, though it is distressing to me to see how some folks can revel in denigrating other people because of race alone.
1033020
Because black africans tend to be very successful in the US.  It's a slap in the face to all the self-victimized, welfare cultured african-americans who blame all their ills on white racism.  If black africans can come to this country, often with little or nothing, and succeed in a relatively short timeframe, it proves that the racism that the african american leaders, such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, claim to be pervasive, doesn't exist at all.\n\nBottom line:  It proves to the african american population that they are largely lazy, ignorant failures...and it's all self-inflicted.
213227
Racism is unacceptable in any form. Its true, it does still exist, but only through narrow minded people who care for nothing but themselves. I know what discrmination feels like, as i live in a foreign country, and due to this i have lost respect for people in this country. it only takes a small minority to ruin it for everyone. if u want to know the consequences of racial segregation, research "eugene terreblanche"  "South Africa" "apartheid"  .. proof that segregation causes problems for everyone