Racism :: essays research papers

Its one of the most explosive topics around and one that people rarely greet with sincerity. Everywhere you go, and everywhere you look, there is always somebody different. Imagine walking down the street and having people stare at you or call you arrive ats, or talk basis your back, just because your skin is a different color, or your of a different religion. We all seem to ask our selves the same question over and over, why do people do this? But unfortunately racialism is almost impossible to stop. There will always be egotistic people who considers their race to be better then that of others.The novel I read is about a Jewish girl by the name of Judith who begins to experience the cruelty of racism at the age of seven. The two boys that live across the street from Judith were always mean to her. They said that because she was Jewish she wasnt allowed on their side of the street. And if they ever maxim her on their lawn they would beat her up. She had no friends at school or in her neighborhood except one girl by the name of Rachel, who was also Jewish. The task was that Rachel lived in America, and Judith lived in Canada, other then summer camp they couldnt see each other. The next summer Judith met a Jewish boy by the name of Ori, who also lived in America. She felt as though they were soul mates.Several years went by, and Judith and Ori moved to Israel together.They got a small, one bedroom apartment and began University. non long after, they began to drift apart from each other.She packed up all her stuff and decided to move to London. Then she met a guy by the name of James. He wasnt Jewish, but Judith really liked him. She knew that her parents would never approve of him, but she didnt care. It didnt matter to her the fact that he wasnt. But at a time her parents found out about James they gave her an ultimatum. Either she moves back home to Toronto, or goes back to Jerusalem. Since she didnt have time for a job and her parents refused to pay h er bills, she had no other choice but to go back to Jerusalem. Her dreams were shattered, and she was left empty handed. What staggered me the most about this deem was the information I came across in the second chapter.