The document discusses various forms and perspectives of racism. It defines racism as consisting of three basic ideas: that humans can be divided into physical types, that these types are related to culture/personality/intelligence, and that some groups are inherently superior. It also discusses modern racism, aversive racism, prejudice, examples of racism in media involving police shootings, hate crime statistics in Canada, and perspectives on addressing and preventing racism from a symbolic interactionist view.

1. PROBLEMS OF INEQUALITY & POWER
RACISM
By:
Matthew O’Grady

2. Racism is a belief system, or
ideology, that includes 3 basic ideas.
They are ;
1) Humans are divided naturally into
different physical types.
2) The physical traits associated with each
human type are innately related to the
culture, personality, and intelligence of each
type.
3) On the basis of their genetic inheritance,
some groups are innately superior to others.

3. MODERN RACISM VS AVERSIVE RACISM
Modern Racism:
- Not your traditional Blatant
racist
- Places the blame for social
inequality of races on social
and political issues
- Modern Racists are typically
unaware of their negative
racial feelings
Aversive Racism:
- Unintentional form of Racism
- Negative feelings towards
minority groups are not
feelings of hatred or
aggression
- Possess feelings of
discomfort, uneasiness, or
sometimes even fear towards
certain minority groups

4. PREJUDICE
Although Racism is not as evident as it once was 30+
years ago, it can still be found across the world in
many different forms. A lot of the times the person
committing the racist act may not even know that they
are, though in some incidences this is not the case. A
“Prejudice” means having an attitude or judgement,
usually negative about an entire category of people
based on their group membership

5. ACTS OF RACISM IN THE MEDIA
• The recent police shooting incidents like
the one that happened in Ferguson
Missouri where a white police officer shot
and killed an unarmed black male have
sparked racial disputes.
• Riots persued for days after the incident,
and a white couple was attacked walking
down the street in Missouri just a few
weeks after the attack by a group of
blacks for no apparent reason.
• The shooting of an unarmed Trayvon
Martin by an white police officer named
George Zimmerman not long before was
also a huge media race dispute.

6. NUMBER OF RACIAL “HATE CRIMES” IN
CANADA IN 2006 AND 2007

7. HATE CRIMES
• Unfortunately black canadians
still experience the highest
amount of hate crimes in
Canada. Although these
statistics have been going
down.
• After the 9/11 incidents,
Muslim and Arab-Canadians
have experienced much more
hate crimes. Increases were up
towards 40% after the
incidents.
• Hate crimes in America were
not recorded until 1990 with
the passing of the Hate Crime
Statistics Act.

8. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE
• Looks at how a persons colour can mean and define a person.
• For example. Thinking that just because a person is white that he or she
is better and more superior to a person who is not white because of
their ethnic race.
• Stereotyping is a good example of this.
• Stereotypes: Exaggerations or generalizations about the characteristics
and behaviour of a particular group.

9. RACISM RELATED TO SYMBOLIC
INTRERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE
• Stereotyping is a form of racism
• Judging or making assumptions on
a person because of the color of
their skin can be a form of a
Racism, making Interactionist
Perspective and Racism similar
• Putting a label on a certain group
of people because of their
nationality

10. CAERS
The Canadian Anti-racism
Education and Research
Society (CAERS) is
aCanadian non-profit
organization that tracks hate
groups and extremism, provides
direct support to victims of
racism and discrimination, and
lobbies government and
governmental agencies for the
development of effective policy
and legislation to stop racism.

11. PUTTING A STOP TO
RACISM!!

12. WAYS WE CAN HELP TO STOP RACISM
• Forgive those of other races or
tribes who have hurt you or have
hurt people of your race or tribe.
• Be willing to share the political
power and resources with all
people.
• Speak out when racially
motivated hate crimes take place.
Write letters to the editors of
newspapers expressing your
disapproval of racism.
• Learn more about the
contributions people from
different racial groups made to
the development of your country.

13. IMPOSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE
COMPLETELY?
• Impossible to Eliminate
Racism Completely
• We can try to prevent racism
as much as we would like, but it
is an impossible task. People
are are always going to judge.
As part of human nature, it is
natural for us to judge based on
appearances. People are
always going to 'judge a book
by its cover' until proven wrong
or otherwise.
• Try to Prevent Racism
• As humans we cant stop
racism because we're not
perfect. We need to try to
discourage though. I think
racism is still very big today and
it won't change and the only
thing that will change is how
society deals with it. We as
people should try our best to
prevent racism.

14. REFERENCES
• Stop Hate (2013), Racism Help. Retrieved from:
http://www.stophate.us/racism/racismhelp.html
• Debate Org (2014), Can we Prevent Racism? Retrieved from:
http://www.debate.org/opinions/can-we-prevent-racism
• Arab American News (2012), Hate Crimes Against Muslims only escalating 10 years after
9/11. Retrieved from http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_6246/Hate-crimes-against-
Muslims-only-escalating-10-years-after-9-11-.html
• Wikipedia (2014), Canadian Antri-racism Education and Research Society. Retrieved from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Anti-racism_Education_and_Research_Society
• National Post (2013), Hate Crimes on the Rise in Canada. Retrieved from:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/14/hate-crimes-on-the-rise-in-canada/

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