Racism...

Racism

Power

Fear

Lack of understanding

Class status

Racism is learned and taught.

As I try to make sense of the common school’s exclusion of races in the 1880’s, I attempted to place the underlying themes in some kind of order.  Themes that are immediately apparent are power, fear, and class status.  These themes infiltrate every culture of every nation.  The question is why? And when will it end?  What makes people need to control others?  I believe that racism is taught through family and childhood, but also possesses the promise of being erased with education and knowledge.  There seems to be an equation of racism to religion.  Religion, too, is taught through family and childhood.  So, what creates the hatred and views of superiority?  How many wars have been fought under the guise of religion?  There are too many examples of racism and hate in the history of the world to list.  The question remains, why…and what can change it?