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Racialism Is racism still practiced at other place since we are at 21^th century?

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Racism (The word is derived from race and not racial)

Is racism still practiced at in other places since we are at  in the 21^st century?

Ordinal numbers go like this:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th

21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th......

They derive from their English word counterparts (first second, third, fourth, fifth etc), hence it should be 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 31st, 32nd, 33rd etc (but note it's not 11st cos tens are special) 


To actually answer your question though, I believe it is always present in varying quantities around the world; there isn't so much hype about racism for no reason. Where I come from seems to be rather race-equal, but I must add that I don't mix around with people that much, so I can't judge. I'm sure there's racism permeates the world in many unexpected places, we just have to look for them more carefully, and wander off the trodden path to crooks and crannies. Also, racism can take a much subtle form, in the form of stereotypes and lack of knowledge. While we might not actually look down upon or hate people from other races, we might have sub-conscious biases and expectations toward them. The media we receive can be a source of such racism as well, when there is highly unequal representation of races in the cast (well, to be fair, most of these movies are made by Western countries primarily for Western audiences, so maybe we can't blame them that much, but). For many years, AI researchers have also known a disparity between (okay maybe that's a bit too much but still). Also, when certain portrayals of cultures are made, they can ignore some aspects of the culture and tell only a single story. For example, when Chinese/Oriental cultures are portrayed to fit a certain mold in Kungfu Panda, and Kungfu/inner peace is given as the sole representation of the culture, I can't help but feel it is too naive, and fails to consider Chinese historical civil wars and other practices. (and I am Chinese, so I should be given leave to judge) While this is still better than a total ignorance of foreign cultures, we can still do even better and tell a more well-rounded and fair story of the world. The same goes with movies like the Lion King and Moana as to African (sorry for my lack of info as to which part of Africa it is) and Polynesian cultures respectively. That being said, I do appreciate these movies for bring many children knowledge and amazement at other cultures they would never have heard of otherwise, and I realise the practical constraints of a commercial-oriented movie; I'm not blaming these movies, but saying there is still room for improvement.

At its subtlest, racism might not even be harmful toward the race it describes, but is just simply too naive a single story (following a definition something along the lines of https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story, although that video is not that related to this topic) When I searchGgoogle for the definition of racism, it first throws me "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.", but lists "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races." as a second definition. This is the definition that I choose to use.


Back to the move conservative definition once again, racism and social segregation still exists in society, especially when you include anti-Islamic hate after 9-11, and the occasional racist appearing in the news. But I don't claim expertise in this area anyway, this is just my personal rant, I believe there are tons on resources and videos online detailing racism that can still be found in society.

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