Race is a senseless fake classification of human beings, which does not have any scientific or biological base. The concept of race was actually developed for giving power and authority to white people and to strengthen the dominance of white group over the non-white group. Racism can be defined as a policy of ethnic segregation and discrimination. Racism is purely a socially learned practice. It has been some thing which has been followed by people and transferred to the next generations. It is a powerful, destructive and senseless practice (Morrison, 1970) which can undermine the goodness of a society. Race is a very powerful social divide which can invite so many problems and conflicts. Society that is divided on the basis of race will never see prosperity and equality.



Racism is of three forms; open racism, convert racism and violent racism. All these promote a particular form of hatred towards certain ethnic groups. Race is purely a political construction. Racism springs up because of pride in one’s own race (a part of heritage). We can see in history that the powerful faction has always assumed that they are superior to others in its race and culture. These ethnic groups will try to put down other inferior groups in order to strengthen their own group (Healey, 2005). This will eventually result in extreme hatred towards the other race as well as an overall sense of bigotry. Inferior group will be denied all rights and their demands and opinion will not be considered at all. The strange segregation will thus undermine the unity and cooperation prevailing in the society.

There are various biological and socio-cultural distinctions which people use to classify themselves and others. They sometimes consider color of the skin (lightness or darkness) as a criterion of segregation (differentiating marker). Some times they consider various other ethnic differences and cultural variations. These biological and socio-cultural distinctions will result in systemic inequalities, and stands as a hurdle to the development of the society and personal improvement of individuals, which will ultimately contribute for the widening of the socio-economic gap between superior group and the inferior group. Cultivation of racism will result in the suppression or dehumanization of a particular group.