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By
John
Togyi
Racism.
What
is
it?
The
Webster's
Third
International
Dictionary
defines
racism
as;
"the
act
or
process
of
imbuing
a
person
with
a
consciousness
of
race
distinctions
or
giving
a
racial
character
to
something
or
making
it
serve
racists
ends.
Racism
is
also
two
more
things;
ugly
and
diverse.
Ugly,
because
we
see
how
the
blacks
were
treated
in
Colonial
America
and
how
they
are
treated
in
South
Africa.
Diverse,
because
racism
does
not
only
deal
with
racial
distinctions,
but
covers
the
whole
spectrum
of
today's
society.
Cheryl
McFadden
Many
students
who
attend
"CNC"
are
students
who
did
not
take
the
prerequisites
in
high
school
that
they
needed
to
be
able
to
enroll
in
an
area
of
study
of
their
choice.
Among
the
students
that
come
back
are
single
mothers,
married
parents
and
single
people.
Each
person
has
responsibilities
that
make
attending
school
a
little
harder.
When
a
single
mother
was
asked
how
she
manages
her
time
when
i
t
comes
to
school,
she
replied,
"I
go
to
school
all
day,
when
I
come
home
I
do
my
daily
house-I
am
so
tired
by
then
that
I
don't
feel
like
it."
The
same
question
was
put
to
a
married
parent,
"
I
get
a
ride
to
school
Views
on
Rascism
History
shows
us
the
ugly
part
of
racism.
In
today's
media
based
world
television
is
the
greatest
tool
for
anti-racialists
against
racism.
But
what
a
lot
of
those
anti-racialists
fail
to
see
is
the
diversity
of
racism.
Every
day,
we
may
walk
down
a
hallway,
and
we
may
see
someone
wearing
clothes
that
are
either
unfashionable
or
too
fashionable.
Say
that
the
person
you
pass
was
wearing
unkempt
clothing.
Immediately,
we
cut
this
person
down
and
think;
"What
a
slob,
I
hope
I
never
meet
him
(or
her)."
However,
if
the
person
is
wearing
wild
clothes,
and
is
a
guy,
and
the
person
with
my
husband
to
school.
I'm
off
at
1:30,
but
my
husband
can
not
pick
me
up
until
4:45.
I
use
this
time
to
study.
I
spend
time
with
the
children
before
they
go
to
bed,
I
insist
on
this
time.
After
they
go
to
bed
I
spend
time
with
my
husband
studying."
There
are
many
ways
that
single
students
study.
Some
have
to
work
outside
of
school
and
use
this
time
to
study.
The
single
mother
was
asked
if
she
thought
that
students
without
children
had
it
easier.
Her
immediate
response
was,
"
yes!
They
don't
have
to
take
care
of
house,
and
a
child
and
still
find
time
to
study,
I
usually
end
up
pulling
"
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McCarthy
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to
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territorial
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system
which
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Autoplan
premiums
in
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Instead
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present
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B.C.
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divided
into
15
territories.
As
in
the
past,
premiums
charged
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various
coverages
within
an
individual
territory
will
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on
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thinking
is
a
guy
he
immediately
thinks;
"What
a
fag,
I
hope
he
rots
in
hell!"
However
if
this
person
were
a
girl,
and
it
was
still
a
guy
thinking
this,
he
would
think;
"Oooo-kay.
She's
wild,
I
wonder
is
she's
as
wild
in
bed,
as
the
way
she
dresses."
If
it
were
a
girl
in
the
first
situation
seeing
the
guy
in
the
wild
clothes
she
would
think;"He
looks
interesting.
I
wonder
if
he
is
as
interesting
as
he
looks,"
and
if
it
were
a
girl
in
wild
clothes
she
would
think;"She
looks
like
she
could
be
a
fun
person,
then
again,
she
also
might
be
a
little
slut"
Aren't
these
examples
of
racism?
I
Who
Has
It
Easier?
nighters
".
A
married
mother
responded
by
saying,
"
I
don't
know.
I
wouldn't
want
to
put
people
into
categories,
that
wouldn't
be
fair.
They
have
other
responsibilities
that
take
up
their
time."
A
single
student
commented,
"No,
I
don't
think
so.
Single
mothers
don't
have
it
easy.
They
don't
have
the
support
of
a
husband,
and
they
have
to
manage
a
household
all
by
themselves,
take
care
of
the
children
and
still
find
time
to
study."
The
married
mother
was
asked
if
she
had
any
advice
for
parents
going
to
school,
she
said,
"
You
have
to
remember
to
keep
your
priorities
straight.
When
you
are
stressed
out,
it's
so
easy
to
take
it
out
mean
in
the
previous
examples,
the
people
who
were
doing
the
thinking
were
judging
the'
people
they
were
looking
at
by
the
clothes
that
they
were
wearing,
rather
than
by
the
colour
of
their
skin.
Most
people
would
deny
such
a
statement,
but
unfortunately,
it
is
a
sorry
fact
of
life
in
today's
society.
I
know
that
the
above
example
is
a
very
limited
one,
but
it
does
prove
a
point.
The
fact
that
if
we
were
not
to
judge
people
by
their
sex,
the
way
they
look,
the
way
they
dress,
or
the
colour
of
their
skin,
wouldn't
society,
let
alone
the
world
be
a
much
happier
place?
Think
about
it.
on
your
family.
When
trying
to
understand
something
don't
think
that
you
are
alone
when
you
don't
get
it,
everyone
is
going
through
the
same
thing."
Trials
and
stress
come
in
various
forms.
For
some
it's
working,
others
it's
children.
No
matter
what
the
form
there
is
always
someone
out
there
who
is
experiencing
the
same
thing.
Most
people
think
that
"
the
grass
is
always
greener
on
the
other
side",
but
when
you
get
there
it
wasn't
a
good
as
it
appeared
to
be.
So,
who
has
it
easier?
The
answer
is
no
one.
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