Racism is one of the most popular social justice issue, and is also one of the most argued and debated social justice issues in the United States. The definition of racism is "the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others; abusive or aggressive behavior towards members of another race on the basis of such a belief." Through out Americas history we have embarrassed our self with not only supporting racism, but also taking part in it. For man years, the average American would own African American slaves to do whatever they wished. Depending on the owners, and the different states, the slaves were used for different things. Some Americans would just have one or two slaves just to help the family with everyday house chores, and sometimes, mostly in the southern states, a plantation owner would own hundreds of slaves to work in their cotton field, and any other jobs their owner asked them to do. Finally in 1865, The United States ratified the 13th amendment that abolished slavery, but the racism did not end there. Even today, as we coming to a close of the year 2014, Racism is still a well argued and hot topic in todays society. In order to continue spreading awareness of the serious issues of racism, social media comes in a very large way. Social media has the incredible power to send a message, picture, or videos to everywhere around the country, and even the world. I often times see past pictures posted where server cases of racism are demonstrated, that really catch you attention. I think the saying "a pictures worth a thousand words," really applies when spreading awareness of racism, and gives you a chance to see racism from a different perspective.
http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/using-photographs-teach-social-justice-exposing-racism
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