Racism: An Epidemic and its Impact on Intercultural Communication

Running head: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Intercultural Communication
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION1
RACISM- An Epidemic
Racism can be defined as a prejudice that exist in the society where
one racial class believes that they are racially superior to the other. Racism
involves factors such as prejudice and discrimination (Dijk, 2015). There are
numerous races of people on earth and behave differently as a result of their
cultural belonging. Racism generally takes place when an individual or a
group of individuals face discrimination in the society as a result of their
racial belonging (King, 2015). The minorities of a society are subject to
discrimination to a point that they behave differently, just in order to stay
away from the discrimination (Craig & Richeson, 2014). People across the
word are subject to discrimination of various criterion. One can be on the
receiving end of racism due to different colour of their skin, different dialect,
different clothing habits, different language and much more. I am a coloured
Arab male living I the UAE and have been lucky to not have been targeted as
the country has no forms of racisms. In the paper I will discuss my
experiences being a person of coloured skin living in a county where racism is
strictly prohibited and not practiced.

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION2
As far as I can remember, I have had various experiences that is can
cherish in the country that I live in. The country has excellent facilities that
rare meant for the people of the country and the economy of the country is
highly stable (Cordesman, 2018). Furthermore, the country is free of racism.
The case is especially relatable in my case as a result of the colour of my skin.
Regardless of how advanced and progressive a country is, issue such as
racism can bob down their progression. In the current time multiculturalism is
a practice that is prevalent all over the world. It has been recognised by
countries all over the world that acceptance is the gateway to gaining
acceptance at large. The countries who appreciate the fact that their country is
full of people with people belonging to different races, gain an upper hand on
the countries who do not and practice the same. Accepting people of different
cultural backgrounds give the countries the option to utilise that the people
from the different cultures bring in. Thus, with the varied expertise the
country can bolster their expertise and competencies as a whole. On the other
hand discrimination in the form of racism acts as sources of demotivation of
the people belonging to different cultures (KENYA, 2017). I have feared of
being on the receiving end of racism my whole life and it can be said that it
could hindered my performance and competence. Being coloured in countries
such as China is treated similar to a crime. Once I visited the latter country. I
have had troubles boarding public transports, where cabs would not stop for
me, rather they would stop couple of meters away in front of a non-coloured