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I've personally never seen racism, apart from when it is accidental, which is generally funny and doesn't have any malicious intent. However little I may have seen racism, TV and the media seem to argue otherwise. There was a TV show on a while ago, where some British white people had to live with some foreign people, to see what their life was like. One of the english people wanted to take his partner to the pub, but when he got there, his partner refused. Apparently he had been attacked, and almost killed by the people who were in there, just because he was not British.
I think it is horrible that some people can harm others like this, but I'm glad that now, it is no longer considered acceptable to be racist. Often if I am talking to a black person, that I don't know, I will be very conscious of what I am saying as not to offend. Though this can turn out to be awkward and embarrassing, I think it does show that most people do not want to offend, and they know that racism is wrong.
Also, in Britain we have a group called the EDL (English Defence League), who are openly racist. Honestly, I think this just shows racism in a worse light. Most of the people in the EDL are... not the brightest sparks in the world. You can tell by the way they talk and act, that they are clearly uneducated, and end up telling the country: if you're racist, you're probably thick!
I think it is horrible that some people can harm others like this, but I'm glad that now, it is no longer considered acceptable to be racist. Often if I am talking to a black person, that I don't know, I will be very conscious of what I am saying as not to offend. Though this can turn out to be awkward and embarrassing, I think it does show that most people do not want to offend, and they know that racism is wrong.
Also, in Britain we have a group called the EDL (English Defence League), who are openly racist. Honestly, I think this just shows racism in a worse light. Most of the people in the EDL are... not the brightest sparks in the world. You can tell by the way they talk and act, that they are clearly uneducated, and end up telling the country: if you're racist, you're probably thick!