Legislations and Strategies for Promoting Diversity and Protecting Against Racism

To understand ways in which racism can increase knowledge and helps in
understanding about contemporary society.
Racism is when someone treats another person differently because of their
skin colour, they speak a different language or have different religious beliefs etc.
Also, when someone behaves differently to another person based on their colour,
skin or culture (Williams, Lawrence and Davis, 2019). Some people are victims of
race due to their looks; their appearance may be different, or they may speak a
different language. Some people wear certain types of clothing because of their
religion and may get harassed because of this. Systemic racism also reoffered to as
international racism; is what occurs on a greater platform (Timothy, 2018). It is
present in political and societal organizations. It describes when racism becomes so
ingrained, it is seen as ‘normal (Tate and Page, 2018).
Earlier than 1965 racism was not illegal in Britain and people from Africa and
Asia were bought by the government to England as labour. However, on arrival they
faced racism and discrimination (Reid, Cormack and Paine, 2019). Racism became
implanted into the nation's structures of power, culture, education and identity.
Racism in the United Kingdom is deeply linked to its relationship with its previous
colonies and citizens that included the British Empire, many of whom settled in Great
Britain, particularly following World War II (Hudson, 2017). Racism was moderated
by the attitudes and rules of the British class system, in which during the 19th
century, race mattered far less than social distinction. The term is also applied to
political, economic, or legal institutions and systems that engages in spreading
discrimination based on race. Many believe that race is determined by biology, it is

now widely accepted that this classification system was in fact created for social and
political reasons.
In the year of 1919, there were a significant number of racist attacks on 'coloured'
communities in different areas of the UK. One of the most well-known racist attacks
(1993) was of a murder was of Stephen Lawrence a black teenager. Furthermore,
when Germany was defeated in World War I, anti-Semitism was successfully
exploited by the Nazi Party, and it detained power in 1933 and applied policies of
systematic discrimination, persecution, and eventual mass murder of Jews in
Germany and in the territories occupied by the country during World War II. Those
who openly declared or practised racism stated that members of low-status races
should be limited to low-status jobs and that members of the leading race should
have exclusive access to political power, economic resources, high-status jobs etc.
In the 18th century, racism was at the heart of North American slavery and the
colonization activities of western Europeans (Hogarth, 2019). The idea of race was
created to expand the differences between people of European origin and those of
African descent whose families had been involuntarily caged and transported to the
Americans. By characterizing Africans and their African American descendants as
lesser human beings, the advocates of slavery attempted to justify and maintain the
system of exploitation.
Racism effects both intentional and unintentional, it impacts on the health and well-
being of individuals and communities. Racism impacts the school, work, system
which; it can occur online. Racism is part of the structures and systems that we live
in. Racism has impacted society directly. For instance; health and physical violence,
this can cause negative psychological and physiological effects. For example, ethnic
differences in socioeconomic status can indirectly result in differential access to care,

while health providers use ethnic bias to influence the quality and outcomes of
healthcare interactions (Serchen and et.al., 2020).
From the above study it has been summarized that racism has several negative
impacts on the society. Racism has contributed to our understanding of
contemporary society by knowing data about numbers of racist attacks on coloured
communities in different areas of the UK. These data helped out in knowing the
extent to which racism affect people in all physical and mental manner. By making
use of performance indicators and plication of equality and other acts that
discrimination, extent can be known. It has also summarized that racism increases
the gap between the rich and the poor. Further it has discussed that racism act that
came into force in 1965 banned racial discrimination at public places and it protected
people against race discrimination. This act also helped companies in promoting
diversity and equality within business.