TOK PRESENTATION

Racism and world

peace.
 WHAT IS RACISM?
Racism is a belief that a particular
race is superior or inferior to
another, that a person’s social and
moral traits are predetermined by
the color of his skin.

Racial separatism is the belief,

most of the time based on racism,
that different races should remain
segregated and apart from one
another.

It has existed throughout human

history. It has influenced wars,
slavery, the formation of nations,
and legal codes.
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 Roots of Racism in
India
Racism in India has its roots in pre-history as
Aryans perhaps invaded India in 2000 BC and
considered themselves to be a superior race as
they spoke many Indo-European languages and
were pre-dominantly white.

Much later, British colonialism of India had

elements of racism as the Britishers made rules
and regulations not favoring the locals, non-
Asians got more job opportunities, top positions
in the Indian administrative service, higher
quality education as well as a better standard of
living. In the 30’s of the 19th century, year 1835
to be precise, Thomas Macaulay, (later Baron
Macaulay of Rothley:1800-1859) a racist of the
first order and architect of Colonial Britain’s
Educational Policy in British India, articulated the
goals of British colonial imperialism most
succinctly. He wrote, “We must do our best to
form a class who may be interpreters between us
and the millions whom we govern, a class of
persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in
taste, in opinions, words and intellect.”

Ever since the British rule, today most South

Asian people are victims of racism.
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 Examples of Racism
across the world
It is a known fact that
racism existed across
the world and not just
India. There are
glaring examples that
racism has had an
impact in world affairs
and is a long-drawn
conflict as terrorism.
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 Australia
In a sensational discovery showing
Australia’s racist past, D J Mulaveney,
a Professor of Sydney University said
that in 1788, the Australian
population was 750,000. More than
600,000 people had died as a result of
white settlement.

In 1998, ‘One Nation’, a nationalist

party won 25% of the votes with their
main aim being to fight immigration
by non-whites.

The party felt that Asians were soon

going to take over most of the job
opportunities available and the whites
would have nothing.

As we can see today, the so-called

‘higher level’ of people in the country
are attacking the so-called ‘lower
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 Africa
Most nations in Africa are at war
or civil war, or have been very
recently.

In Zimbabwe, for example, there

is racism against white farmers on
the contrary due to poverty and
the lack of land ownership by the
non-white farmers.

Till today, they have a dictatorial

president who follows racist
policies and as a result we see
people suffering from a severe
political and economic crisis. It
can be said that unless racism is
not eradicated, Zimbabwe’s future
is bleak and could possibly be
isolated from the world soon.

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 cont....
Also South Africa
suffered recently from
apartheid until Nelson
Mandela was elected as
president in 1994.

Till 1992, South Africa

was deliberately not
accepted by the UN as a
peaceful country.

It has partially
eliminated racism even
though it does still exist
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 USA
There has been no black leader in
America since Martin Luther King.

Top political leaders such as John F

Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln have
been assassinated as they fought for
equality.

Probably as a step to stop racism,

Barack Obama was elected as the first
non-white US president in November
2008.

It is now seen that US along with

being a superpower, has also
improved relations with the world,
especially developing countries
especially at the time of recession.
Unlike his predecessor, George Bush,
whose international policies weren’t
accepted across the world. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ga9VWddYFBA/RuQeDiFzeTI/AAAAAAAABoY/YSN7FVPhX7w/
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 Internet and Racism
The World Wide Web may
have social sites
propagating love such as
Face book, it can also be a
breeding ground
harboring hatred through
hate sites such as Hate
watch.

Internet has a huge

influence on the young
generation and with people
not willing to reason, they
become followers of hate
sites.

Such sites should be

banned. http://travel-
industry.uptake.com/blog/files/2009/06/racism.jpg
 Globalization and Racism
Globalization means the
world is one entity.

It is a way in which
multilateral relations
between countries can
improve for long-term
benefits.

Globalization is a
forward step to reduce
racism as people would
be united enough to
understand each other
and make human http://www.unesco.ca/en/commission/resources/images/Citize
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existence survive.
 UN World Conference
In September 2001, UN held a
conference to discuss issues like
racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance.

Countries were not willing to

accept their own drawbacks.

However, globalization and this

conference has given countries
the impetus to take severe action
towards racism.

The conference created history as

racism was brought to the
attention of most of the countries
in the world as they are UN
members.
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 Conclusion
Hence, we would like to end our
presentation with by saying that racism
can be completely destroyed if people use
their intellect, i.e, reason and judgment
towards reflecting and contemplating upon
their actions. They should realize that
attacking people who are not of their own
race is pointless and will hamper human
existence. The awareness of brotherhood
and friendship is important to overcome
this challenge.

In a survey that we conducted, all people

felt that racism affects world peace and
governments can take action against
racism such as passing strict equality laws
and penalizing people heavily for such
acts. However, 3 out of 6 people felt that
racism is not as destructive as terrorism
and can be stopped but not necessarily by
governments. It’s in the hands of the
common man to end racial discrimination
by being friendly and understanding other
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cultures.
 Bibliography

• www.wikipedia.org

• www.globalissues.org

• www.indhistory.org

• www.the-spark.net
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