Everyday Racism #2

So here goes here is another one....

Hey but it is 2015 racism isn't a thing anymore. ...... Oh I keep forgetting racism has a sell by date what is vogue now sexism, homophobia?

I have often heard people say that. Racism won't go away because another year has gone by. If modernity were only a gear healer. The ugliness of society never goes away it simply morphs into something else. Yes racism today is not the same as was 10, 20 or even 100 years ago however it still exists. Discrimination against people of colour is different because the conditions we live in are different. 

While the world may have got tolerant about certain things it still clings on to prejudices but enacts them in different ways. Black men are still shot at by policemen, black academics are still an exception, even the media is full of stereotypes. In 2015 racism might not look like it did but it still operates in a way that is convenient to ignore as it is beneficial to certain groups in society. Our cheap electronics, clothes and food are a product of slavery. In 2015 slavery looks like affordable clothing and food we don't see it because we are immersed in a system that works for us. 

Denying racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia in 2015 is an act of deliberate insensitivity.