In the United States recently, due to the epidemic and police brutality, there have been serious demonstrations and violent conflicts in many states, and the topic of racial discrimination has gradually entered people’s attention. In fact, many people in China do not understand why there are incidents of racial discrimination,why is racism so hard to eradicate?

Let’s start with American history:

Black Americans did not come to the United States with their own money, but were kidnapped by white and Jewish slave traders to the United States. More than 60% died on the road.
The Civil War, northern industrial capitalists, needed free labor, they turned blacks into free labor to fill their factories in cities.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the U.S. industry was hollowed out, and virtual finance was the most important. The descendants of black Americans kidnapped by white and Jewish slave traders lost their jobs in the cities. A large number of black slums have appeared in the heartland of American cities. The racial issue in the United States will inevitably lead to great contradictions and divisions.
From the first shipment of black slaves, Americans planted the seeds of injustice, so it was karma. The white and Jewish slave traders have their original sins, the American industrial capitalists have the original sin of “crossing the river and tearing down bridges”, and the American financial capitalists have the original sin of hollowing out the manufacturing industry.
Original sin must be punished by the law of cause and effect.Throughout history:
Discrimination is not an “American characteristic”, but a common “heritage” of people all over the world. In Europe, the Germans were ridiculed for their lack of humor, and the French were laughed at for their surrender; in the United States, New Jersey was also given special treatment. The popular cartoon “South Park” even had an episode in which the protagonist invited bin Laden to crash into the “invasion” with a plane The New Jersey natives of South Park.The rate of racism in the world
Different regions have different levels of development and cultural backgrounds, and people from different regions have different impressions on others. In addition to being discriminated against because of de facto backwardness, the role of emotional “loving localism” is also important. Russell said in How to Avoid Stupid Insights:

No matter which country in the world we belong to, we always consider our nation to be superior to all other nations. We adjust our values so as to demonstrate that the strengths of our nation are the truly important one, and its weaknesses are relatively insignificant. The sense of racial superiority mentioned by Russell is the original motive of racial discrimination: the lack of self-confidence caused by unclear self-knowledge is also a common weakness of human beings.

Let’s take a look at why racial discrimination is difficult to eliminate:

Racial discrimination starts from primitive tribes. Discrimination is a way for human beings to know a certain group.
If people want to understand a group, it is impossible to analyze each individual,.They can only remember some labeled words. For example, the Germans are strict, the Japanese are fine, and the Russians are strong. And when you’re in a group that’s more advanced than another group, their labels lag behind. Often it becomes derogatory, which is discrimination. For example, Indians are unreasonable, Africans are lazy, and Dutch like to steal things(Which are not ture)

Where there are people, there is discrimination
Take education as an example：the essence of education is to cultivate people，so it should be separated from social and economic development, free from political interference, and should teach students according to their aptitude, and be completely free from discrimination. But a lot of good universities, classes and top students are usually more respected and valued. There is such a funny joke in Qian Zhongshu’s “Besieged City”: “In universities, engineering students look down on science students, and science students on liberal arts students. Among liberal arts students, foreign language majors look down on Chinese majors, Chinese majors on history majors. , the history department on the sociology department, and the sociology department on the education department.No one is looked down on by people in the Department of Education , so they have to look down on their own teachers.”

Problems left over from history take time to resolve
Although there is no such serious racial discrimination in China as in the United States. However, it still exists in many areas, and the phenomenon of male superiority over females has not completely disappeared. This kind of estrangement often has nothing to do with race. It is all based on misrepresented stereotypes and historical issues. For example, when it comes to marrying foreigners, many Chinese people are influenced by feudalism (an outdated and backward concept) and lack tolerance. For example, if someone learns that a Chinese boy married a foreign wife,people will bring out some complacency in their hearts. On the other hand, when a girl marries a foreigner as a wife, she usually gets criticize for worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreign powers. This kind of phenomenon is caused by the thinking of male superiority and inferiority of women from ancient times to present. The reason why white people discriminate against black and why European nations discriminate against Jewish people may be the problems left over from history.



No matter what country you are in, whether you are experiencing racial discrimination or not, as a modern person, you should face foreign civilizations with a tolerant attitude, learn from the other side’s advantages, and discard the bad parts to promote human development. Regarding racial discrimination, we must have a communication mentality, spread the culture of our own nation to others peacefully and humbly, and eliminate such prejudice.