RacismㅣCelebrities who faced it ㅣBlack Lives MatterㅣAll Lives Matter

RacismㅣCelebrities who faced it ㅣBlack  Lives MatterㅣAll Lives Matter

Racism: Racism is the belief that groups of human possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another.
   It may also mean prejudice, discrimination,or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity.

               
                    

Old Concept or Modern:  Racism is relatively modern concept, arising in the 

1. European age of imperialism 
2. the subsequent growth of capitalism
3. Atlantic slave trade  ( Atlantic slave trade was major driving behind racial segregation especially in the United State in 19th and early 20th centuries and South Africa under apartheid; 19th and 20th century racism in Western culture is particularly well documented about racism.)                                                                                                                      

Racism has played a role in genocide such as the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and genocide of Serbs, and colonial projects including the European colonization of American, Africa and Asia as well as the Soviet deportations of indigenous minorities. 

UN on Racial Discrimination: 

The UN does not define ''Racism''; however, it does define ''Racial Discrimination''. According to the 1965 UN International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ,

''The term ''Racial Discrimination'' shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or  preference based on race, color, descent or national or ethnic origin that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. 

   

                     

Celebrities who faced racism:             

   1. Barack Obama: He made history when became the first Black President of the United States. During his presidency, he said that even as a child in Hawaii , he experienced the racism  being black man.

 In ABC News hall meeting in 2016, Obama relayed a story from his youth, when as a 10  year old , he entered an elevator to ride up to hid grandparents' apartment. when a women he thought knew him saw him enter the lift, she got off.

 ''And i was puzzled, i said do you want to come up ?,and she said No',he said 
''Then i went up and then i saw the elevator going back down and i could see she come right back up. she was just worried about riding the elevator with me''

 ''Then over the time you're learning that as you're crossing the street, the locks start going on doors. And i do think, in that sense- what is true for me is true for African-American''

       
                     

                                                           

2. Darren Sammy:  Former West Indies cricket Captain Darren Sammy has alleged he was a victim of a racist slur used by his Indian team-mates when he played for an Indian premier league (IPL) team in 2013-14.

 Sammy said some unnamed Sunrisers team-mates would call him ''Kalu''.
''I was listening to Hasan Minhaj (Comedian) taking about how some of the people in his culture view or describe black people,'' Sammy said on Instagram.

He raised his voice against racism as protests erupted in US and other countries over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis.

                   

3. Van Jones:  CNN commentator: said that;

   ''There was a young white girl sitting next to me and she reached for the Coke can.
 And the guy said, NO.NO.NO. don't drink that .'it felt a little awkward, but i drank my Coke and we kept talking. And then we got on buses and we went back home. 

The young  white girl started crying and I asked her what was wrong. And she said,'they told me later that everybody in the room spat your Coke while you were outside. And
 that's why they didn't want me to drink out of that can. And i'm so sorry.''
          
                 
         

4.Jason George:                                                                            An actor and model said: ''I remember being at school, fifth grade, playing football with a bunch of the kids. in elementary school at least, I was one of the biggest kids. And so i tackled this one kid who was one of the smaller kids at that time.

 He was upset and or may be embarrassed and called me a Ni****. I kinda blacked out.I honestly remember noting in the next few seconds And by the time i actually remember what was going on, his face was really purple. 
     
And I realized that he was purple because my hands were around his neck and he wasn't breathing.And suddenly i was freaked out. this kid made me lose control and utter control over me in some ways.''
                   

                                              

4. Idris Elba:                                                                                        
      In 2019, the English actor, writer, producer, rapper, singer, song writer, DJ  his expressed his disappointment over the racist outcry he endured when rumors began circulating about him potentially replacing Daniel Craig as James Bond.

 ''You just get disheartened, when you get people from a generational point of view going, 'It can't be.' And it really turns out to be the color of my skin.''he told 
     ''And then if i get it and it didn't work, or it did work, would it be because of the color of my skin? That's difficult position to put myself into when i don't need to.''
                                      
                         

5. Meghan Markle:                                                       

            In may 2020, a video of Maghan Markle speaking about her  experience with racism resurfaced online.

   The 2012 video, which was filmed well before her Duches daus, featured Meghan wearing a t-shirt that said ''I won't stand for racism'', with the former suits star saying that she hoped by the time she became mother, the world would be more accepting of people.
    In the clip she also stated that being included in the anti-racist campaign hit ''a really personal note'' for her.

   ''I'm bi-racial, most people can't tell what i'm mixed with and so much of my life has felt like being a fly on the wall. And so some of the slurs that I've heard or the really offensive jokes, or the names, it's just hit me in a really strong way,''she said.

    
                      


Conclusion:  Take a stand against racism in your community, join a group advocating for the rights of racial or other minorities and volunteer to help, through online volunteering. Standing up for racism can be a powerful sign of support, it can also make the perpetrator think twice about their actions.

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