Although it is often denied, minimized, or ignored, racism continues to shatter and destroys lives.
Racism is founded on the belief in one s racial superiority over another.
Racism encompasses the beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, and practices that define people based on racial classifications. Racism involves a generalized lack of knowledge or experience as it applies to negative beliefs and attitudes. Racism uses the inflexible assumption that group differences are biologically determined and therefore inherently unchangeable. Racism does not exist in a vacuum, but rather is enacted and reinforced through social, cultural, and institutional practices that endorse the hierarchical power of one racial group over another. Racism in the United States has existed since the inception of this country.