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Racial discrimination occurs when a person is subjected to unequal treatment because of their actual or perceived race. When we look at the physical appearances of an individual such as skin color from the social definition, there is no clear meaning, but these appearances do have what is referred to as social meaning.

It is evident in every part of the world. Recently a news spread across social media that people keep burning their Nike shoes and saying “Boycott Nike” due to the ad shown by Nike showing Colin Kaepernick, who kneelt during the singing of the National Anthem which is ‘unpatriotic’ to the country. But delving deeper to the reason he knelt, in an interview he said “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that opresses black people and people of color” which he stands against racial discrimination. But is this a bit paradoxical? People backlashing a brand for supporting an NFL player who stands against racial discrimination and violated a law. The bigger problem the society is facing right now is discrimination even though there are laws about eliminating discrimination but it is seemed to be overlooked by people.

Another evidence is a news that an ongoing prototype of the wall which was campaigned by Pres. Donald Trump will act as a border between U.S. and Mexico. The wall signifies a division between two nation due to the color of the skin. Currently, none of Trump’s walls are sitting within the borders so it means the Pentagon hasn’t completely approved the building of the wall. The worst-case scenario is that according to Trump that Mexico will pay for the built wall. This will make us question why since we all know that Trump eagers to build the wall but not using the US’s money. It is clearly seen here that Trump doesn’t direcly solve the issues of immigration but instead he discriminated people.

Racial discrimination can be seen anywhere and it cannot possibly be avoided because of how people think and see different races. One of the victim in racial discrimination is Shemica Benca and her friend Phalon Norwood at the Victoria's Secret in Wolfchase Galleria. The story goes as while they were shopping they notice that the store manager was keeping an eye of them and even call the guards. Even in the fitting room they were guarded by the guard and the store manager this goes on until they felt uncomfortable and loss of privacy. After the incident Shemica Benca and her friend Phalon Norwood told FOX13 what happened until it reaches to Victoria Secret. Victoria Secret did not stand for this and decided to take action and fired the store manager. As a black person they were always judged wrong. People see them as slave, robber, poor, dirty, stupid and even a villain when they did nothing wrong. We need to change on how we see other races. We should not base on the outside of a person but inside.

We enjoy and admire so much the colors of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green,blue, indigo and violet. But why do we discriminate when we see the colors brown, white and black. Is it because its not part of the colors of the rainbow or it is because our very own mindsets of hierarchy within the society in terms of colors? We may be happy because one day scientists have found a cure for cancer but still there is discrimination. The time has come to stop telling people with brown or black skins that they are below or low-class. We are still human beings blessed with different talents and has one goal which is to live with united hearts.

Discrimination still exists in our society and we must fight it in every means. Today, we live in a completely different world. Rules and standards partake to those people who seems to be unworthy. Black people have always been maltreated and enslaved with no apparent reason. If we want to live in a peaceful society, we should learn how to respect and support one another.

Sources:

Victoria's Secret racial profiling- https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/second-victorias-secret-store-in-memphis-area-accused-of-racial-profiling/769357219

Boycott Nike- https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/09/the-absurdist-spectacle-of-the-nike-boycotts/569308/

Trump Border Wall- https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/13/17107034/trump-border-wall-mexico