English Literature Holiday Assignment
a. What factors in American society caused the problem of racism?
Answer- Social and economic status of an ethnic group or a person, learning wrong things and raised with a lack of diversity are some factors in the American society that caused racism. As an example, the social and economic status can cause a feeling of superiority amongst some people over the African Americans. This can cause people to generalize all African Americans as “poor” since the number is so high.
b. Which group of people (children, adults, poor, wealthy, senior citizens) were generally affected by this problem?
Answer- All black people were generally affected by racism.
c. What could individuals do to solve this problem?
Answer- There are many things you can do to stop racism. Some ways to stop racism is to report whether someone is doing racism or being racist, you can participate in the fight to stop racism, like spread awareness, et cetera and you can also support victims of racism.
d. What changes did American society make to solve this problem?
Answer- American society made laws to stop racism, like no slavery to anybody, et cetera. But racism isn't stopped yet, as many people still be racist and do racist despite the rules and laws. Many people still insult and injure each other due to race. So we must, as humans, stop racism, by learning that we are all equal and treat each other equally, as well as spread awareness of this problem.
Sources
"What Causes Racism?" Trellix, n.d. Web. 4 June 2016. <http://carlie1230.tripod.com/id2.html>.
