"Neo-Predjudices" How do today's acts of Racism differ from those in the past? Today, acts of racism are perpetrated more by individuals than by governments

Racism and racial prejudice have been plagues which have hindered the growth of human society and the human spirit for thousands of years. The ways people have acted and reacted to these racial injustices however, has varied. Numerous events of political racism have taken place in the past, including enslavement of Africans by the Romans, black slavery in America, the mistreatment of aboriginals in various countries, European colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth …

…The plague of racism which has been a part of our culture for hundreds of years is still rampant in today's society, it has just taken on a different form. Instead of political policies condoning racism, racial prejudices are now imbedded into individuals through stereotypes and images in popular culture. This change in ideology is depicted in such events as apartheid in South Africa, black integration in the United States, and native relations in Canada