What do you think about racism among teenagers?

Question

Im doing coursework, whats your opinions?

Answer 1

I think that as a teenagaer myself, adults help the children learn rasiscm as much as anything. A lot of teens I hang out with have a "so-what-if-you're" additude. 90% of my friends are white, but we are all different. Some are skinny, some are fat. There's a huge group of us that plays Runsecape, and we use that as the common denominater. If teens can find something in common it doesn't usually matter.

Answer 2

In my experience, a lot more of the older generation are openly racist and encourage that type of behaviour, while the teenagers (such as myself) are on a whole less racist, although there are still those there.

Something I noticed is that in teenagers especially, those from the 'lower class' tend to have more racists in than the those from the 'middle class' and 'upper class', while in older adults you'll find a lot of racists in any class. I am generalising though and that doesn't mean that all from any class are racist. My own theory is that it's just because in general amount of money earned equates to intelligence quite often. Example being that someone who isn't intelligent may only work moving boxes, while someone who's highly intelligent and would think things through may work as a managing director.

Answer 3

The social environment changes people. Its also sad due to the fact that it skews their views on wider issues in which they would otherwise be building their own opinions on based upon analysis of facts other then race related information. Racism is an appalling and gross issue. Its sad that young people are learning at an earlier stage something so fundamentally difficult to change among adults whom utilise it to exploit all sorts of situations that they come across in later life.

Answer 4

I think there are certainly racism among teenagers in UK even up to today, and that is a very sad thing. It shows you that they need to be properly educated. They seem to have pretty closed mind about certain group of people such as immigrants or Muslim people, and I think adults around them are responsible for that. The adults have to be educated better in order to stop kids being racists.

Answer 5

that's a vast query that many babies throughout ask yet by no ability get a precise reaction to. Social Pressures are the mixed pressures that are around you for the duration of on a daily basis existence which incorporate Peer stress, academic Pressures and Socioeconomic stress. those are those that youngsters are conscious of. you're able to be able to think of which you have complete administration over those pressures yet whilst a project upward thrust up your recommendations could no longer be as sparkling as they're at yet another time. Social Pressures could nicely be perplexing and stressful!!~!

Answer 6

Blame the parents.....blame the music they listen to, it has an incredible influence. Blame the government too for the unfairness of our society, illegals and asylum seekers and the other foreign spongers in our country appear to get preferential treatment, cheap labour etc.... it builds resentment....which probably started with the parents comments they heard when they were small. Too many people harp on about skin colour it's not thing to do with that....it's money based.

Answer 7

Children and teenagers only learn these racist remarks from others, parents, family etc.I think they have a right to say some things like asking questions about multi-cultural races. But the racist thing is too sensitive nowadays and small children can get into trouble for saying innocent things like "that dolly is black"
I now a 3 year old who has a coloured doll and calls her "chocolate" No harm in that.
P.S im not racist myself just stating the facts

Answer 8

I deplore racism in anybody.

If you are doing coursework, I am not going to answer your question for you, but here are some things you might think about:-
1. How far is racism caused by economic inequality? Lack of career opportunities, and fair means for their distribution, may be a recipe for racism.
2. What are the social reasons for racism? In particular, does racism among teenagers relate to the needs of young people to find a social identity? This need for belonging may be satisfied by joining gangs which define their purpose by antagonism to other groups defined by race? Are there better ways for teenagers to participate in society?
3. Has evolution given people needs to identify with a genetic group? If so, does human nature conflict with morality in relation to race? Can education overcome any such conflict?
4. How does racism (bad) differ from commitment to ones to family, nation and, come to that, sports team (not so bad)?
5. What is race? It tends to be identified with skin colour, but if you think in terms of genetic variation (e,g. DNA analysis), very little of the differences between people reate to skin colour. And try this thought experiment. Travel in your mind through Europe to Turkey. Then go on in your mind through Iraq and Iran to Pakistan, or through Syria and Egypt to Africa. Is there any clear point at which people change skin colour (No!)? (I have numbered my questions as I think of them, but of course you need to start any essay by defining your terms - in this case "race")
6. How does racial tolerance relate to religious and politcal tolerance?

There are some questions, but for coursework you need to relate answers to them to facts. If you are going to give a good answer it is also a good idea to relate what you think about such matters to things in your personal experience.

Incidentally, education should be about seeing both sides of an argument, but in the case of racism I doubt whether you would be wise to hand in coursework arguing that racism is a good thing. Toleration stops when it comes to tolerating the intolerant. You need to think out why.

Answer 9

Racism is a fact of life I believe. Even animals are racist, a tribe of monkeys with a abundent supply of food and water and shelter would not want to share with a different tribe if they had none as they care more for their own, both groups are monkeys but they look after their own kind. People are much the same as this.

Answer 10

Well, that is just always going to happen between anyone that is different. I always try to be open-minded and I truly feel that I am not racist. Sometimes it's a little hard to do that when you here "Ridin'" booming over and over again from the budget dorms across the street though...