{"id":808,"date":"2019-07-29T23:48:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kbisaac.com\/?p=808"},"modified":"2019-07-30T00:33:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T00:33:51","slug":"racism-must-be-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isaacoseiowusu.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/29\/racism-must-be-defeated\/","title":{"rendered":"RACISM MUST BE DEFEATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/kbisaac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isaacoseiowusu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1.png 700w, https:\/\/isaacoseiowusu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption><em>Image Source<\/em>: fra.europa.eu <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share uagb-social-share__outer-wrap uagb-social-share__layout-horizontal\" id=\"uagb-social-share-f45a68dd-38c1-4b4b-a7e9-9f26b7356019\"><div class=\"uagb-social-share__wrap\"><div class=\"uagb-ss-repeater-0 uagb-ss__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M448 56.7v398.5c0 13.7-11.1 24.7-24.7 24.7H309.1V306.5h58.2l8.7-67.6h-67v-43.2c0-19.6 5.4-32.9 33.5-32.9h35.8v-60.5c-6.2-.8-27.4-2.7-52.2-2.7-51.6 0-87 31.5-87 89.4v49.9h-58.4v67.6h58.4V480H24.7C11.1 480 0 468.9 0 455.3V56.7C0 43.1 11.1 32 24.7 32h398.5c13.7 0 24.8 11.1 24.8 24.7z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"uagb-ss-repeater-1 uagb-ss__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"uagb-ss-repeater-2 uagb-ss__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"mailto:?body=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 576 512\"><path d=\"M160 448c-25.6 0-51.2-22.4-64-32-64-44.8-83.2-60.8-96-70.4V480c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h256c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V345.6c-12.8 9.6-32 25.6-96 70.4-12.8 9.6-38.4 32-64 32zm128-192H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v16c25.6 19.2 22.4 19.2 115.2 86.4 9.6 6.4 28.8 25.6 44.8 25.6s35.2-19.2 44.8-22.4c92.8-67.2 89.6-67.2 115.2-86.4V288c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32zm256-96H224c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32h96c33.21 0 60.59 25.42 63.71 57.82l.29-.22V416h192c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V192c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32zm-32 128h-64v-64h64v64zm-352-96c0-35.29 28.71-64 64-64h224V32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32H96C78.33 0 64 14.33 64 32v192h96v-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>This article is a follow-up to \u201cMaybe the Racist Just Needs to Know More about the Next Race\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\" class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size\">In my previous article, I shared with you the story of Gabriela and Harold. In case you missed it, here is a very brief recap! An ever enlightening experience was gained as we, Gabriel\u0117, Haroldas and I, had a good time in Lorca, Spain one beautiful night. We had an extensive discussion on stereotypes and racism and how all lives matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><p align=\"justify\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I have come to know that the fact that a word is often used does not necessarily mean its users fully grasp it.&nbsp; So let\u2019s attempt to understand <em>racism<\/em>. A simple Google search shows it is <em>prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one&#8217;s own race is superior<\/em>. The underpinning idea is that one\u2019s race is better than another. Note that a <em>race <\/em>is not necessarily a group of people having the same skin colour but a group of <em>people having distinct physical characteristics, history, culture etc.<\/em>Nevertheless the form of racism most prevalent is that which is based on skin colour.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><p align=\"justify\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Racism has been one of the cruellest ideologies in the history of mankind. We know of the <em>Holocaust<\/em>&#8211; the systematic extermination of European Jews during the period of World War II (1939-1945). In fact, there were racist ideologies dispersed about during the First World War. According to Robert Zaretsky, German thinkers \u201c<em>were especially revolting in their remarks about France\u2019s \u2018coloured auxiliaries\u2019 [and] their French peers proved particularly subtle in the suborning of science for racist ends.<\/em>\u201d Germans were described by the French as a \u2018<em>dreadful race<\/em>\u2019 and people having \u2018<em>a peculiar, powerful odour<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018<em>special lice<\/em>\u2019. In Africa we can talk of the South African Apartheid, the Genocide in Rwanda, and other ethnic cleansing campaigns. There are numerous across the world. We hear of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. When I consider the discussions among some sections of the Ghanaian population about our Nigerian friends, I can only conclude that we have elements of racism in there.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><p align=\"justify\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But how can we deal with this problem? I ended my previous write-up suggesting that one way <em>racism<\/em> can be dealt with is by learning about other races. It is not only for adults to learn; children too must be taught about racism. Ibram Kendi, the founding director of the Antiracist Research Center at American University has stated that \u201c<em>If [a] child does not learn about the real world of racism, then they\u2019re more likely going to become a practitioner of racism.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><p align=\"justify\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I also think it is very necessary for members of minority groups who interact with other races to recognise the fact that they represent their respective races. In most cases, minority groups are victims of racism: like people of colour in America and Europe, and Blacks in the Middle East. The action or inaction of one Black person can easily be used to represent all blacks. White folks do not generally stand significant risk of experiencing negative generalisation based on the conduct of just one of them. Therefore, anger, disrespect or unfaithfulness from one black man can be generalised as the anger, disrespect or unfaithfulness of black people. I am not oblivious of the fact that we are equally human and are entitled to every emotion there is. I am only stating that our peculiar circumstance calls for circumspection on our part.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><p align=\"justify\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I conclude with the words of Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, <em>\u201cIgnorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-social-share uagb-social-share__outer-wrap uagb-social-share__layout-horizontal\" id=\"uagb-social-share-f45a68dd-38c1-4b4b-a7e9-9f26b7356019\"><div class=\"uagb-social-share__wrap\"><div class=\"uagb-ss-repeater-0 uagb-ss__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M448 56.7v398.5c0 13.7-11.1 24.7-24.7 24.7H309.1V306.5h58.2l8.7-67.6h-67v-43.2c0-19.6 5.4-32.9 33.5-32.9h35.8v-60.5c-6.2-.8-27.4-2.7-52.2-2.7-51.6 0-87 31.5-87 89.4v49.9h-58.4v67.6h58.4V480H24.7C11.1 480 0 468.9 0 455.3V56.7C0 43.1 11.1 32 24.7 32h398.5c13.7 0 24.8 11.1 24.8 24.7z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"uagb-ss-repeater-1 uagb-ss__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path d=\"M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"uagb-ss-repeater-2 uagb-ss__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-ss__link\" data-href=\"mailto:?body=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-wrap\"><span class=\"uagb-ss__source-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 576 512\"><path d=\"M160 448c-25.6 0-51.2-22.4-64-32-64-44.8-83.2-60.8-96-70.4V480c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h256c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V345.6c-12.8 9.6-32 25.6-96 70.4-12.8 9.6-38.4 32-64 32zm128-192H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v16c25.6 19.2 22.4 19.2 115.2 86.4 9.6 6.4 28.8 25.6 44.8 25.6s35.2-19.2 44.8-22.4c92.8-67.2 89.6-67.2 115.2-86.4V288c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32zm256-96H224c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32h96c33.21 0 60.59 25.42 63.71 57.82l.29-.22V416h192c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V192c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32zm-32 128h-64v-64h64v64zm-352-96c0-35.29 28.71-64 64-64h224V32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32H96C78.33 0 64 14.33 64 32v192h96v-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have come to know that the fact that a word is often used does not necessarily mean its users fully grasp it.  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