Racial Discrimination And Its Effects On Mental Health And Crime Rate

  Topic - Racial Discrimination And Its Effects On Mental Health And Crime Rate “The toxins of racism that runs through the veins of society has yet to find an antidote. Racism cantraumatize, hurt, humiliate, enrage, confuse and ultimately prevent optimal growth and functioning of individuals and communities” (Harrell 2000: 42). Racial discrimination is an ideology that has persisted in the society where there is a prejudice or bias that some races are naturally superior to others. Such convictions mostly existed with regards to African – Americans and European-Americans (chiefly black and white respectively). This article argues that interpersonal racialdiscrimination i.e, discrimination practiced on an individual level like at school or workplace, in actions like social exclusion, unfair treatment and / or threat harassment can have a very strong impact on an individual’s life. It can prompt negative perception of society and relationships, hostile behaviour , deviance from convent