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1 Racism as a Social Issue Student’s Name Institution of Affiliation Date

2 Racism as a Social Issue As a subject, racism is quite significant as it has cultural, social, and historical implications globally. The prevailing dynamics rooted in racism place the vice as a critical issue to tackle to provide notable measures that will fully curb the vice. Racism has proven to be a contentious issue as outstanding measures of reducing the vice are yet to be found. Empirical data across the globe affirm that racism is deeply rooted in various nations as specific groups of individuals believe that their races are superior. The underlying impacts resulting from racism have elicited a new debate pertaining to whether racism should be considered a social or personal problem. Proponents of the debate argue that racism extends beyond personal beliefs and attitudes and thus should be viewed as a social problem. Historical legacy proves that racism has played a vital role in shaping current economic and social disparities. Considering that the vice has been in existence for quite some time, marginalized groups have collectively succumbed to social and economic growth as xenophobic nations liaised with other countries with a similar view and formed financial blocks that undermine other races (Trawalter, Bart-Plange & Hoffman, 2020). Besides affecting humankind at a personal level, racism impact is typically felt across racial groups, thus creating disparities in the provision of critical amenities. For instance, racism has paved the way for inequalities in income, education, housing, and healthcare provision, affecting the community (Abramovitz & Zelnick, 2022). Considering that the community widely feels the impacts, one can ascertain that racism ought to be considered more of a social problem. Deployed measures used to address racism also meet the social status criteria. As expected,

3 curbing racism at an individual level is tough since ideal public initiatives, community policies, and social movements are required to tackle the vice comprehensively.

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4 References Abramovitz, M., & Zelnick, J. R. (2022). Structural racism, managerialism, and the future of the human services: Rewriting the rules. Social Work , 67(1), 8-16. Trawalter, S., Bart-Plange, D. J., & Hoffman, K. M. (2020). A socioecological psychology of racism: Making structures and history more visible. Current opinion in psychology , 32, 47-51.

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