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Reflection About Racism A History

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Gursimran Sandhu Response and Reflection on “Racism: A History” I am glad that I watched this documentary and there were many facts that I did not know before. The way this film explained that we all are related somehow to Africa then why is there so much discrimination and racism among them? I am going to discuss some points that I did not know before watching the film, an Indian massacre in 1919 and also will be talking about some real-life examples that I came across. It is really sad that how black people were made slaves and then were put up for sale. I did not know the relationship between color and geography that was stated in the first video when Columbus saw different skin colors in same place. Me being an Indian would like to talk about the Jallianwala Baagh massacre that took place in Amritsar, Punjab on 13 April, 1919. British. Officer, Brigadier – General Dyer who along with his native troops entered Jallianwala Baagh. Jallianwala Baagh was a public garden where hundreds and thousands of people were present at that time to protest against two leaders. Without any warning, Dyer and his men broke into the crowd firing people and thousands were killed in that massacre. Men, women, children many were shot dead and many lost their families. …show more content…

How Americans, Indians, Africans and all other races are related and everything that happened in the past was just a past. We all can interbreed and our evolution has nothing to take with our religion, beliefs. However, once we understand that we all are inter related, I think that to some extent racism could be eliminated then. People should hold up campaigns and educational workshops which include people of all races not just a single race. For example- if a Black is holding up a campaign then, majority of black people will participate but if people of mixed races will come up together, that will lead to participation of all

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