When one thinks about racism in general, one normally thinks about explicit racism such as the KKK, but it can come in many forms other than just blantantly. The only place I have seen explicit racism is in movies. This is probably due to the fact that I live in a mostly sheltered community. I have, however, experienced implicit racism. After 9/11 there was much hype about Arabic people in the United States. My best friend was Arab and looking back on it, her family ere the only Arabs I had trusted. Maybe media had played a rold in developing these certain views about people. All had seen in the news was hrrible events almost all in which Arabs were to blame. Guarenteed, I was too young to watch the news frequently. However, my parents did; and seeing thee negative views of people being flashed before my eyes was enough to scare me into holding implicit racism within myself.
Both forms of racism can prove to be dangerous, but which one seems to prove to be more detrimental to society as well as individual people?
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