Racism

Racism can be defined as "the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races". Put in another way we could say "racism is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior." (Ordnett+) The question is, how can any man or woman allege that s/he is superior to another human being? Unfortunately some people see it as their right to discriminate people who do not have the same cultural background as their own. Ethnocentrics is another word that could be used about the racists, and sadly they are found in all countries. Lately several reception centers for asylum seekers in Sweden have been burned down, and the newly elected mayor in Cologne in Germany, Henriette Reker, has been stabbed by a person who said he "disapproved of her liberal stance on refugees". Watch more here  and here.