Racism in Anglo-Saxon countries

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Everybody has ever heard about racism, but do we really know what racism really is? We will see that in Anglo-Saxon countries, racism isn't a new phenomenon. We will point out which sorts of racism these countries have to face and will eventually see if a way has been paved to eliminate racism. We all know that racism is not only a recent problem. Moreover, we can underline the fact that racism continued to spread in the 20th century. For example, in 1968, Enoch Powell made a controversial speech in Birmingham over unchecked immigration from the Commonwealth to Britain. His "rivers of blood speech" was racist and has become really famous. He thought the country should encourage the immigrant population, the "dependents" as he said, to re-immigration because otherwise they would try to dominate the British.

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[...] But what is more disquieting is that according to Anthony Karen, an American photograph who published a book entitled The Invisible Empire: Ku Klux Klan in 2009, the Ku-Klux-Klan is reinforcing because of Barack Obama's presidential election. But he adds that it's not the only reason: the economic crisis, the increasing of crime rate, etc. are other reasons why people turn towards such a racist organisation. III] But is there any outcome? Laws which have been past in Anglo-Saxon countries There are many laws in the US enforced by the US EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) which prohibit employment discrimination. [...]

[...] It is now a government bill and therefore not applied yet. Personal, individual advances against Anglo-Saxon's racism Searchlight magazine is a British monthly magazine which stands to racism since its creation in 1975. One can read the articles on the web or buy the magazine in order to be informed of the far-right's activities. It is one of the British advancements to fight against racism. Salam Café is the first and only Muslim comedy-show to be held on national television in a western country. [...]

[...] He makes fun of them telling us numerous examples of black persons who were shot down by policemen, whereas they were only holding a cell phone, a wallet, keys, or a spatula (which might be a gun for the policemen). He denounces the fact that black people are seen as “monsters” and are prejudiced against. Therefore, Barack Obama's presidential election was seen as a great step forward . Barack Obama is the first American president to be a black person. [...]

[...] Even children persecuted them, trying to steal them, to frighten them saying they will kill them, or just harassing them by insulting them. Likewise, in Australia, there is an important struggle between Australian Muslims and non-Muslims. In 2005, racial riots occurred in the suburbs of Sidney. This triggered up five thousand people, non-Muslim Australians, to demonstrate against Australian Muslims' presence. More recently, an Islamic school building project near Sydney has been erased by the council which rejected it ‘claiming it would disturb local traffic'. [...]

[...] Actually, to Dunn, “they normalize Islam, they allow people to see Muslims as everyday people”. All things considered, even if racism has existed for a long time, some Anglo-Saxons want to stand to it. Racism is based on discrimination against people who are said to be different (racially, religiously . ) and it has spread in Anglo Saxon countries triggering demonstrations and riots. Yet, magazines like Searchlight magazine or TV-shows like Salam Café may pave the way to an outcome to racism. [...]