Racism Discrimination is a scandalous chapter of human civilization. Human society has been carrying this stigma since the beginning of civilization. Throughout the ages, people have become civilized, advanced in knowledge and science, but have not been able to come out of the stigma of racism. This virus called racism has been rampant in the society at different times. Even in recent times, when people are fighting for their survival against the invisible virus called corona, we have seen in the United States a horrific form of racism centered on the death of the black George Floyd.
The first thing we need to know is what is racism? Racism is the attitude, practice, and activity where it is believed that people are scientifically divided into many groups and at the same time it is believed that certain groups are higher or lower for certain characteristics than other groups; Or to have authority over him; Or more qualified or ineligible.
But it is also true that the exact definition of racism is difficult to determine. Because, there is disagreement among researchers about the group concept. Also not everyone agrees on what is discrimination and what is not discrimination. Racism can sometimes be with skin color, sometimes with regionalism, sometimes with tribe, sometimes with color.
According to some definitions, if a person's behavior is ever controlled by his race or caste, it will be called racism even if it is not harmful to anyone else. In other definitions, it is racism to be exploited and oppressed only by being influenced by racism.
Is this the first time in the history of the United States that racism has centered on the death of the black George Floyd? The answer is absolutely no. Racism began in the United States in the sixteenth century At that time black Africans began to be taken to the United States for use as slaves. About 12 million black Africans were then sent to the United States as slaves. However, day by day the United States has succeeded in various branches of knowledge, but their behavior has not changed.
According to CNN, the total number of arrests in the country in 2016 was one crore three lakh 10 thousand 960. That's an average of one arrest for every 32 U.S. citizens. And among those arrested, blacks are the first to use physical force.
According to a 2016 study published in the American Journal of Health, blacks are three times more likely to be killed by whites than by whites in the United States. According to the London-based organization World Prison Brief, the United States is also at the top in terms of the number of prisoners. The country's prisons hold more than two million inmates, more than the total population of Washington DC, Miami and Boston. One-third of these prisoners are black. But more than 13 percent of the country's population is black.
Not only is racism an allegation surrounding the United States, but Europe, also known as a human rights pilgrimage site, is not immune. According to Robert Davis, a former professor of history at Ohio State University, more than a million Muslims were used as slaves in Europe between the 15th and 16th centuries.
In 2005, two teenagers, Buna Tawhe and Ziend Bina, were chased by police and fled when they were struck by lightning at a substation. The incident sparked protests across France. That same year, Siri Leon refugee Uri Jalah was shot dead in a police cell in Dessau, Germany. Protests erupted in London in 2011 when a black man named Mark Dugan was shot dead by police. Not only ordinary people but also world class people like Neymar or Ozil have had to accept racist behavior in Europe.
It's hard to find a part of the world, not just the United States or Europe, where racism has not found its poison. Robert Davis, a former professor of history at Ohio State University, added that between the 15th and 16th centuries, about two million Christians were enslaved in North Africa and in Turkey, Egypt and West Asia. The Moors of North Africa began using white Christians as slaves in the eighth century after occupying a part of Spain and Portugal. That practice continued until it was banished from Europe in the 15th century.
However, it is also true that people have been constantly fighting to eradicate this racist inequality from the society. World leaders such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi have dedicated their lives to fighting racism. The United Nations has at various times taken various drastic measures against this racist discrimination.
Notable among them are the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965, etc. Even racism against blacks in the United States after the recent assassination of George Floyd
The UN Human Rights Council has ordered the investigation of the four. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has been asked to investigate and report back within a year.
Even after enacting so many movement struggle laws, racist discrimination could not be eradicated from the society. Have we ever wondered why racism could not be eradicated? This is because of the extreme lack of humanity and sense of humanity in the society. The first identity of man in the society is not man but religion, caste, tribe etc. are getting more importance. Due to which class inequality is manifesting in the society, conflict is increasing and the terrible poison of racism is entering the society.
We have to keep in mind that a society that teaches people to divide on the basis of religion, caste, tribe, etc. without teaching them their first identity can never be a civilized society. In order to enlighten oneself in the light of civilization, one has to rise above religion, caste and tribe and evaluate man as the only human being. Therefore, in order to eradicate the epidemic of racism and inequality from the society, our only motto should be 'Man is above all truth, not above him'
