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Section A RE Racism Coursework

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Section A Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another. It could be on ethnicity, colour or religion. It can be created through many ways such as ignorance, lack of understanding, a particular background or maybe the media, therefore causing social injustice. For example there was a racist era (Martin Luther King, who challenged racism) where the blacks had to sit at the back of the bus, had to attend different schools, different pubs. They even had to drink from separate water fountains. Racial terms were also used such as "Nigger" "Coon" and "Negro." The consequences of racism ended up to be fatal, deaths, suicides, and beatings This was a form of discrimination because it enforced the idolism that one particular race or religion is superior to another. Christians have many teachings such as "All humans are made in the image of god" and "Remove the chains...

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