RACISM IS GOOD FOR HEALTH

Last month when I was vacationing in Delhi I saw an American feature film named Gran Torino.
It wasn't a politically correct film. Steeped in racism and loaded with profanities the writer of the movie minced no words in expressing the feelings of the characters . I once came across a writing by Braithwaite who declared that racism is for real, but a better way to deal with it would be to slap the victim in the face than to slander and snub him hypocritically.
The movie perhaps took Braithwaite's word for good.
Racism as we have come to define it is any act by which we discriminate against any person who differs from us in his racial origins. Just stop and examine this sentence. Discrimination is the most important word there. While talking about racism we should not get confused . Racial discrimination is wrong , racial differentiation is natural.

The reason why children from the same age group are taught together in class , the reason why People from one community prefer to mingle with other persons from the same community is that we feel more comfortable with those who are like us in may respects. When we move to a higher scale then intellectual similarities overtake religious , sexual and social barriers when it comes to interacting with people.
Racial differentiation occurs because of ignorance , discrimination because of a logically consistent theory which propounds the supremacy of a race.

So whenever we talk of racism we should classify the activity into one of the above mentioned two categories. Racial differentiation can be cured by simply improving the scene so as to make it more congenial for inter racial social intercourse. Racial discrimination is that activity which poses a real threat to the creation of a such a congenial atmosphere.
To eradicate discrimination we have to attack the psyche of those who believe in the theory of racial superiority. Now comes the tricky part. Racial discrimination can be partly eradicated by increasing inter racial social intercourse which in turn may not be possible due to the stubborn and self-righteous attitude governing those who are to be targeted.
The solution to this diabolical problem lies in convincing the racists that what they actually detest is not the race but the social as well as individual characteristics exhibited by a person belonging to a particular community,group or religious sect.

Secondly , we can also tackle this problem by talking about it more openly. Direct confrontations are in all likelihood better when it comes to dealing with this issue than a hushed up take on the issue where discrimination takes place but it is considered a taboo to talk about it as if it is a fictitious monster.

What is heartening is that majority of the cases which we take for racist incidents are actually instances of racial differentiation varying in degree and seriousness.

Thus we should all come out with our beliefs and views no matter how racially charged they are. If you are a racist at heart then the only way to escape injury (both physical as well as mental) from it is by expressing yourself boldly and trying to convert your ailment of racism into merely racial differentiation.