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This 3 page paper examines the concept of racism and how it manifests in society. The position that racism is wrong is supported. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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why it is wrong, there is difficulty. It seems that racism is a thought, or an idea, and people in the United States have freedom of expression, which includes freedom
of thought. No one wants to live in a world where they are told what to think. Yet, racism in really it more than mere thought. A dictionary definition may
help to explain. Racism is: " 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. 2. Discrimination
or prejudice based on race" ("Racism," 2005). The first part of the definition goes to the idea that there is a belief that all races are the same and this
of course is not true. No race is exactly the same as another or no one could tell the races apart. At the same time, when racists try to distinguish
groups by ability and intelligence, that can be detrimental. It is something that has actually been done and caused quite a stir. The Bell Curve theory sparked debate and was
obviously a racist premise based on IQ scores that are largely irrelevant. Although authors likely thought they were doing a scientific study, and were not necessarily conscious racists themselves, their
conclusions were in fact demeaning to minority groups. The publication of The Bell Curve by Murray & Herrnstein (1994) prompted debates when it proposed that intelligence is genetically determined and
further, that race is a factor. While the underlying disagreement was in a sense a nature versus nurture debate as well, political correctness entered the discussion. And it went
further. Authors of The Bell Curve contend that it is intelligence, or lack of it, which causes social problems. Thus, what it comes down to is that intelligence determines ones
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