Let us talk about racism, or not?

racism – Cambridge English Dictionary

noun [ U ]

POLITICS disapproving

/ˈreɪ.sɪ.zəm/

(also, UK old-fashioned racialism)

1- policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race 

2- harmful or unfair things that people say, do, or think based on the belief that their own race makes them more intelligent, good, moral, etc. than people of other races

In my personal view, this is universal, found everywhere, and is a power game. It is not actually even about race. It is about a hidden desire for people to feel better than others due to deficiencies in themselves that they could only see greatness in what they have no choice over and no credit to have created by themselves supported by circumstances that put them in a more favourable place and playing some psychological tricks to make people believe that they are better, and others are less.

While education and awareness might make a difference in how people avoid acting in a racist way, only deep grown values since childhood could eradicate the inner thought process involved. However, the biggest responsibility is not on those who are perceived to be able to be perpetrators but in the hands of the so-called at risk of being victims. Targets of racism need to elevate their circumstances economically, educationally, and culturally with a change in the psychology of the weak and helpless. They do not wait to be given the validity and respect but create it for themselves. The value of an individual is determined by themselves until they hand that power to a stranger.

Unless you are in a place where the law and law enforcing authorities are themselves racist, you choose to be a victim or not. Where this is not the case, those who are on the other side who remain with good conscience must stand for those who have no choice.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt