Causes and Effects of Racial Discrimination in the Border

Some of the causes of racial discrimination are thought to be “pure and complete ignorance, unexplained stress, cultural misconceptions, history, and a tool for justifying a mean,” as found int he primary survey I did. According to a Canadian online newspaper, a “just-published study found skin color – not religion, not income – was the biggest barrier to immigrants feeling they belonged here. And the darker the skin, the greater the alienation”. According to the same study, acts of racism made them feel as if the were being “degraded”. When asked how discrimination made participants of the “Discrimination in U.S. Border Cities” made them feel, participants answered that it kept them from travelling to certain places and that that made them feel “sad and disappointed”. Others also claimed to feel “bad, alienated, uncomfortable, indigent, and embarrassed”.

Is this really how we want our peers to feel? Reflect on this, and maybe we'll think twice next time before discriminating someone.