RE: RACISM : AN INTRODUCTION - WHAT A STUPID IDEA
I hate racism also, I am still hurt from that in my life because I am an Algeriean that is living in Russia, 7 years I am living here, my mother is Russian, my wife is Russian, and recently my son was born, he is also Russian, but I can't get Russian citizenship, and people are treating like a stranger and some people just hate me because I am not Russian.
I am sure that's can happen in any country and a lot of good people get hurt from racism and I understand them very well.
Racists may think that they are better people but hell no, they are the worst people on the planet. A lot of wars are because of them and a lot of people have many problems because of them. They don't usually believe in karma, but it exists, I am 32 years old and I am sure that's exist, so they will be punished somehow for sure.
You should remind Russian bigots that Alexander Pushkin, the father of modern Russian literature, was the great-grandson of an Ethiopian prince adopted by Peter the Great (the grandfather received an excellent education and military training: he later became a Russian general).
Pushkin was proud of his African heritage (he had noticeably dark skin), and you should be, too.
More details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin#Legacy
https://www.rbth.com/arts/literature/2016/06/06/pushkin-birthday_600561
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/pushkingenealogy.html
I am proud of course of my self and everybody know that I am Algerian, my skin color is white and I look like Russian, but when people know my name they change, so racism is not related to skin color or apparence, it's something inside people.
I think it's a negative energy that they can't control, racists are sick people !
Wow! So many things like that still happen these days, and it is very unfortunate. Ultimately, we each have a choice on how we view others, so situations like that must change one person at a time.
I think the racism exists even in steemit, a lot of Americans here don't like Russians and Arabic people, and some of them told me bad words and they even found me on facebook and did the same, but I don't like to argue with such people and I just block them, one of them is even a very famous guy on steemit, so we have to deal with racism even in steemit. ☺