Black people were treated very badly and could not go to the good schools, hospitals, or parks. People of different colours could not live together, marry each other or go to school together. White people developed these unjust laws because they wanted to keep the power and wealth of the country for themselves. Lots of people think that the differences that exist between people are there to be shared and celebrated. Unfortunately, some people use these differences as a reason to treat others as if they are inferior in some way.
Racist people think that their own colour and culture are better than other people's.
Racism involves treating people unfairly, ridiculing, harming or disadvantaging them in some way because of their colour. Sometimes racism is based on fear of people because of their colour. Racism is a way of keeping control of certain groups of people in society and making sure that they don't ever gain power. Divide the class into small groups of four to six learners. Discuss each of the situations with the whole class after each presentation.