ISU Blog Post #4 - Racism

Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. This social issue plays a major role in my book because the race that is distinguished as inferior to other races is the Jewish race. In my book, the Jewish race is discriminated because the were blamed for the loss of World War 1 and the Great Depression. The Germans were enraged by these losses and in anger, turned to the Jewish race as a culprit. The article that I have linked is about the riots in Baltimore. It talks about how the city was torn apart by racism wars and how the place is in ruins. This is similar to the Holocaust except the Germans overpowered the Jewish people by using force. The Holocaust and this article both have one central issue, racism is wrong and it only causes conflict. This is why we should be working together and trying to decrease the amount of racism to have a more just and fair world.