Racism is considered one of those topics that several politicians around the world just can’t seem to stay out of. While we hear that just another community figure had professed a racial slur, it brings us to question what racism really is. These “racial slurs” are just half of the problem, racism is also when you separate or treat somebody badly for the sole reason of their skin color or ethnicity. Reverend Al Sharpton is a perfect example of this public racism towards white or Caucasian people. In 2004 he was quoted saying, “White people are the ones who enslaved the black people and quite frankly, they should pay for that in any way we can come up with. They’re the problem, and they tell us to leave, they should leave and we should take over.” These types of racist comments from an outstanding figure in the community are unacceptable and exemplify the textbook definition of bigotry.
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