HOW TO OVERCOME RACISM

Racism is one of the biggest problem in the world. Racism could happen to
anyone at any time, anywhere. Racism happens because one think that his race is
better than other people’s race, so, racists think that it is fine to insult other people’s
race. Many believe that racism is a never-ending issue. Racism could occur in sports,
schools, universities and workplace. However, there are many ways to overcome
racism in our daily lives.

Firstly, in “Show Racism the Red Card,” (2014), one of the ways to overcome
racism is to organise anti-racism campaign. The authorities should take proactive
steps to carry out the campaign successfully. For example, in “Show Racism the Red
Card” (2014) , the author suggests sport clubs to produce their own poster to support
anti-racism campaigns. Nowadays, sports have become a major attraction to the
community. Thus, sport clubs should manipulate this situation to change their fans’
mentality towards racism. “Show Racism the Red Card” (2014) also suggests sport
clubs to organise high profile anti-racism events to make the campaign become
successful. The sports club may utilise the social media to make the events successful.
This is like killing two birds with one stone. Moreover, a sport club could improve
their image and get more support from the community which is good for the sport
club itself. Other than that, the authorities could set up campaigns in the community.
The local council may organise a community education project to educate the people
about racism. The education project should be targeted to everyone from the
community, ranging from the elders to children. In order to make this campaign
succeed, non-governmental organisations (NGO) could play their role too. NGOs
could hold events to educate the people about racism and its consequences.

Besides, according to Grayson (n.d.) , another way to overcome racism is to

have an open discussion. The authorities should create an environment that is suitable
for an open dialogue that encourages people to discuss racist events at school,
workplace or sports. Therefore, people will get the chance and opportunity to ask
explicit racial questions. As a result, people can build a society with open-minded
mentality. Furthermore, people can solve racist problem in an organisation or a
community. In addition, authorities can take the alternative by organising a talk
regarding racist matters which have occurred in the world and this country especially.
Hence, leaders can be able to spread the disadvantages of racism. Consequently, the
country could produce a better generation to live by helping each other without being
racist.

Last but not least, the next method to overcome racism is by acting
professionally towards racism. Leviticus (2014) states that people who suffer from
racism at work should talk to their superior. When they consult the superior, it will
help racism from spreading at the workplace. Horin (n.d., as cited by Korff, 2014) ,
states that the best way to deal with racists is for everyone to see them as they are.
According to Leviticus (2014) , people who suffer from racism should take suitable
actions towards the racist they encounter. As an example, Korff (2014) has suggested
to ask the racists’ use of the words or actions to gauge their intent. Korff (2014) also
indicates the people who suffers from racism to pour out their feelings so that the
racists know how their victim feel from their racist acts. This is an important act
because the racists will know what is the feeling of being abused racially.

In a nutshell, we can decrease racism cases in the world by simply practising

the campaigns, discussions and professional acts. However, people should not put full
responsibility into the authorities’s account. In fact, the people and authorities should
team up to solve racism in their respective area together. As the saying goes, united
we stand, divided we fall . Together, we could turn this world into racism-free utopia.
 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
FACULTY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
(EM 110 3 F)

BEL 311

FINAL TERM
TITLE : HOW TO OVERCOME RACISM

Prepared by:
 Muhamad Adhwa’ Israq Izz Bin Zulkifli
(2013673928)
 Muhammad Fahim Akmal Bin Abdul Halim
(2013490062)

Prepared for:
 Miss Nursuhaila Binti Ibrahim

Date of Submission:
 8 September 2014
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