Upper Intermediate B- Citizenship Today
Unheard Voices
Folgar, Juan F.
Racism
Many people see that in Argentina there is racism but nobody does anything about it.
There are many cases in Argentina where people discriminate black people. For example a woman who is walking in the street suddenly sees a black man who is walking towards her. Quickly she hides her phone, zips up her jacket and crosses the street. Nobody thinks about the black man´s feelings. It is horrible when people think that if they see a black man who is walking, he will rob them. Because that woman will not feel scared if she sees a white person who is wearing a suit.
Another case where there is racism is when black people get hurt. If a black man gets hurt in the street, people will not help him. But if a white person gets hurt, people will help him because they are not afraid that this person will rob them.
People should open their minds because maybe they discriminate without intention against some people and they join the thousands of people who discriminate black people.