Effects of Racism on African-American Children

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This paper looks at the harm caused to African-American children by racism in American society. The paper explains that the effects of racism are long term and affect the child emotionally, socially and economically. The paper further points out that the racism that African-Americans experience as children affects them for the rest of their lives no matter how much they accomplish in their life times or are recognized for their accomplishments.

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"Xenophobia, the fear of the other, appears to be part of human kind's psyche. Certainly as a species we tend to be highly competitive. There are some instances that some aboriginal tribes built their culture on cooperation rather than competition. It does appear that the Japanese have learned how to cooperate with each other. But remember the Japanese are probably one of the most ethnically pure group of individuals on the earth. It is a lot easier to cooperate with people who look like you."

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