Arlaina Reeves
Prof. Vega
ENC 1101
30 October 2014 Skin Deep Different skin tones get certain privileges than others. Back in the days “Whites” (Caucasian) didn’t really care for “Blacks” (African-Americans). They bought them over from Africa as slaves treated them poorly and sold them off as if they were nothing. People today in certain parts of the world African-American people are looked down upon and judged because of the color of their skin. Racism is a very powerful word and it has a disturbing meaning behind it. Of course, everyone interrupts this word differently so there are different meanings. According to the dictionary, racism has three different meanings. The first being, a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various humanraces determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. The second, a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination. And finally, hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. So, all these meaning of the word racism are mostly the same but that was the dictionary’s view on the word not people. One may feel that the word is very an act of harm doing to those of a different nationality or culture. Thus, the word’s definition may different from someone’s personal meaning and the dictionary. Racism was popular in the 1800s and early to mid-1900s. Yes it still exist but not as much as it used to be. As stated earlier back in days the whites use to sell blacks and use them as maids and caregivers for their children. They basically used them as slaves and if the blacks ran away or did not do as they were either beaten, tortured, or worse killed. Blacks did not have any rights back then no say so in anything. They had to refer to their owners as either Mr. & Mrs. or