Racism within a Race

Introduction

The world in which we live today is full of different people. These different people belong to different religion, ethnicity, country and culture. As a result of these changes the world is a diverse place. When we talk about diversity then the first country that comes to mind is United States. U.S is one of the world's most diverse places. People from all over the world come there to live. Racism is a very common factor in American society. But the strange thing is discrimination and racism within a race. The aim of this paper is to explore the similar concept. The paper explores how racism exists within a race.

Discussion

The phenomenon of racism within a race or within a community means practicing discrimination and racism by a member of a minority group against the member of the same minority group or community. To elaborate this topic of racism within a race it is imperative to quote following example:

It was in March 2002, when the seven African American employees of Del taco complained that they were harassed by the Hispanics. Both African American seven employees and Hispanic employees are black and they discriminated each other. This shows that minorities are discriminating against minorities. This means that discrimination does not exist between black and whites but, it is also practiced between groups of minorities (Ethnoconnect.com). This quoted example further suggests the point that discrimination is not about skin color rather it is about the fear. A feeling of fear that an individual possesses is the fear of unknown and fear of people who are different from us (Jackson, pp. 1). There can be a number of reasons that can make a member of the minority group to portray a discriminating behavior to another member of the same minority group. ...