Racism continues to be a pervasive issue in our society, affecting millions of people worldwide. According to the United Nations, racial discrimination and inequality remain significant barriers to social and economic progress. In the United States alone, African Americans are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of white Americans (NAACP). It is time for us to take a stand against racism in all its forms—whether it be systemic, institutional, or individual. By signing this petition, you are joining a global movement committed to promoting equality and justice for all. Sign this petition today and help create a world free from racism.

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You are not better than anyone else. Especially not because of your skin color, where you are from, or even what language you speak. That, even if you don’t know it, is racist. It only hurts people.

When it comes to racist beliefs, people have developed “higher” and “lower” racial groups based on traits such as religion, skin color, and spoken language. In our society, racism began when European scientists in the seventeenth century decided to divide people by race, like plants with species. Despite this, there is no scientific evidence that certain races are inferior to others. So what scientists said hundreds of years ago about race, is not what we now know. There is actually a name for racism in businesses, called institutional racism. This would be used when someone cannot get a position due to their race. The fact that there is enough of it for it to have its own name, is just sad. Some laws were made to try to help racism, though. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, making racial discrimination against the law.

In the past, racism in North America was centered around slavery. This was in part because some people from the south thought that the Christians had to ‘civilize’ the Africans, which they did not actually need to do. Even today, there is still some unfair treatment to African Americans. In 2014, African Americans were 5 times more likely to be put in jail than white Americans. A more specific example is that, one time, someone called 911 with a report of a “black male” with a gun. The caller told the dispatcher that it was a fake gun, but that dispatcher did not tell the police that. This led to police protests being organized throughout the nation. On May 25, 2020, a black man named George Floyd was pinned to the ground for over 8 minutes and killed by a Minneapolis police officer. He was charged with second degree murder. The other officers there were charged with ‘aiding and abetting second degree murder’.

African Americans weren’t the only ones who were and are experiencing racism in America. For the Native Americans, there was even an insult to them in the Declaration of Independence, where it called them “merciless Indian savages,” never mind the fact that they are not Indian. In fact, despite being here before white people, they did not get US citizenship rights until 1924. And that’s not the end of racism here. In the 20th century, Mexicans learned that white people only liked them because they were a source of work. Among other things, in 1929, the President began to urge all Mexicans to go back to Mexico, starting deportation, which is still an issue today. In 2019, 359,885 people were removed from the United States because they didn’t have papers. And if that wasn’t enough, when the Chinese started coming to the US for work, they had to work on the railroads in terrible conditions for very little pay. In a study, 35.6% of US High School students experienced perceived racism.

Racism only hurts people. In addition, there is no actual proof of people of one race being better than another, just beliefs. It doesn’t help anyone, and it can even make things worse. To help raise awareness, sign this petition.