The Psychology of Racism

Racism is the belief that the genetic factors which constitute race are a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

It is interesting how people discriminate people just because of their physical features. For example, when someone sees a darker colored person on the streets, they tend to get worried or scared. This could be because normally robbers are like this and thats how they are shown in movies so people feel frightened or uncomfortable when they encouner them n the streets.

Racism often includes the belief that people of different races differ in aptitudes and abilities, such as intelligence, physical prowess, or virtue. This causes people to discriminate people that are different from them.

Sometimes, people become racist when they are trained to believe that a certain type of person with certain features are is or worst than another type of person with other features.