This document discusses racism and its history, causes, and manifestations in different parts of the world. It defines racism as discriminating against others based on attributes like skin color or religion. Racism has roots in slavery and early civilizations categorizing people into social classes. Today, racism persists due to factors like skin color, religion, family upbringing, social groups, media portrayal, and more. The document examines examples of racism against Black people in India and provides a quiz to assess one's own level of racism. It concludes that while racism is wrong, remarks are sometimes taken out of proportion.
3. WHAT IS RACISM?
In simple words we can say that racism means when
someone thinks- Different skin colour or religious
beliefs make some people better than others
Some people discriminate others on the basis of cast ,
colour , religions etc.
4. History
Slavery was the pre-formation of racism
When humans began to build greater
civilizations, also greater in size and
structure, people were categorized to
each social class.
6. Racism in India against Black
people
India is characterized by more ethnic and religious
groups than most other countries of the world. India is
known as a racist country. There is racism between
black and white people. Few months back an Indian
went to America and he was thrown out because he
was black.
13. When you meet a new
person, do you notice the
colour of their skin?
HOW RACIST ARE YOU?
Have you ever decided
not to hang out with
someone just because
of their colour?
If someone was racist
towards you would
you be racist back?
VERY RACIST
Do you make fun of
the way people sound
or look meaning it
to hurt someone?
Do you have many
friends of different
nationalities?
AVERAGE
Do you ever laugh
at rasist jokes?
YES NO
YES NO NO YES
A SAINT
YES NO
RACIST
YES NoYESNo
14. Conclusion
Racism is wrong but people
tend to take it out of
proportion. Just be careful of
what you say and dont take
remarks the wrong way.