Racism Throughout the World

Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. For some reason some humans are unable to realize that we all belong to the same human race and share the same tendencies to fear, domination, and subjugation. For decades the world has been unable to embrace and celebrate the uniqueness of the various ethnic groups, and instead fear has taken over.
Today in Mrs. Murphy's English class, I took a racist test on motherjones.com. The test was a series of questions and pictures. I had to match each picture I saw to categories such as Black or White person, or a harmless object or weapon. The test measures the amount of time it takes for you to place each picture in the category, how many you get wrong, and other factors to measure your racism. My results showed that I was slightly racist and that I identified weapons with Black people slightly more than with white people. I would like to believe that I am not racist at all, but this test proved to me that every human being is unconsciously racist to some degree, and it varies by culture and the views we were raised with.
Throughout the world racism is largely seen and beginning to hinder progress of multiple nations. In America, the cases of death in Ferguson and Staten Island have caused various problems throughout the government and towns, and has caused more people to be hurt. Surveyors have found that
Britain is one of the most racially tolerant countries on the planet. Also, a global social attitudes study claims that the most racially intolerant populations are all in the developing world, with Jordan and India in the top five.

As you can see, this map shows how racism is still spreading and it needs to stop. We have to unite together as human beings and not separate ourselves by skin color and race.