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RACISM
=== Our society has had the largest issues with racism. Racism is the belief that race is a primary determinant of human traits and capacities. Racial discrimination separates those who are "normal" and those who carry different characteristics. This is based upon ethnic groups or cultures. Both racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination are the same. Did you know that in 1950, the UNESCO suggested that we drop the term race and use ethnic groups? This was a statement signed by 21 scholars and it had stopped the scientific racism theories which caused the Holocaust. Around the interwar time period of 1920s-1930s they had merged together the term ethnic groups and called them races. They divided this by the "racial struggles." Racism ideally existed in the 19th centuries as scientific racism. This proceeded to provide individuals with racial characteristics on the classifications of humans. Some problems in the United States and around the world are the marriage between black and whites. In 1958 of September 24-29th, 94 people disproved marriage between black and whites and four people approved. However, in 2007 of June fourth through the 27, 77 people approved and 17 people disapproved. As you see we have become a little more equal than in the past. Another issue we hav === === e is that our employment for ethnic groups varies. Pros and cons to racism is that ethnic groups who are criticized may one day be able to show the world that they have feelings and emotions just like every other white human being. An example of this change is electing Barack Obama for president. === ==== Sources: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009-03-16 . []. Retrieved 2009-03-16 ., The CPS. [] Retrieved 2010-05-23 ., ====

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Environmental Racism Still Major Problem, Report Confirms A report released this week, commissioned by the United Church of Christ’s Justice and Witness Ministries program, builds on a 1987 UCC study that investigated the proximity of communities of color to hazardous-waste sites. The 2007 report was written by four professors from various universities. The new report discovered that despite increased awareness and advocacy for communities of color, environmental racism persists. Of the more than 9 million people estimated to live within 1.8 miles of the nation’s 413 commercial waste facilities, more than 5.1 million are people of color, according to the report. That means that while people of color make up just a quarter of the general US population, they constitute about 60 percent of those living near waste facilities. The authors drew on information from the 2000 Census, as well as Environmental Protection Agency databases of commercial waste facilities. The reports’ authors made a list of recommendations to turn the tide of environmental racism, including passing legislation that would protect communities of color, holding congressional hearings on the EPA’s response to waste contamination in communities of color, and requiring states to generate report cards on progress toward "environmental justice." Source:http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4618
 * //by Megan Tady //**
 * Apr. 5, 2007 – **Twenty years after a landmark report documented environmental racism in the United States, new evidence shows that toxic waste is still being disproportionately dumped on communities of color