What is racism?

... a) i) What is racism? To 'prejudge' is to make up your mind on an issue before you look at the facts. You can prejudge a book, or a film, or a person. If you prejudge a person you might decide what their characteristics are, what their personalities are like and whether you like them or not simple by the way that they look. If you prejudge them because of their ethnic origin or their skin colour then you are racially prejudging them. People who are racially prejudice may belief that their ethnic origins or skin colour makes them superior to other people. They stereotype people. Racial prejudice is also called racism. People may use their own views to physically or verbally hurt others who they see to be 'different' to them. Examples of racism can be as extreme as the prosecution of the Jews, by Hitler, or by racist jokes, which are often

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