Racism has shaped and formed itself into society as it’s known today. Dating back from slavery, to immigration, to people wandering the streets, it’s not really a solvable issue. With all of the cultural diversity in Canada, many groups experience discrimination. I personally haven’t seen racism happen in front of my eyes, but it’s happened to my mom, who immigrated from Indonesia. A majority of the racism in Canada happens to Black and Asians, but it still happens to everyone. Racism is still a giant issue today, and when COVID-19 hit, Asian hate started to regrow because it started in China. If it started in a North American country like America or Canada, hate wouldn’t have started against white people, both because white people are found to be the most racist, and because they are the majority, not the minority.

“In the Heat of the Night” is an accurate display of how racism was in southern America during the 1960s. I never knew how bad racism was during the 1960s, and I learnt a lot from it. The more I read it, the more I learnt, and by doing the activities, I got to learn about the characters and their daily lives. People were born as racists, being taught that people of other gender’s should be hated and cast away. It was completely normal for racism to show itself, and that scared me when I first heard of that concept from reading the book. Racism has always scared me as a topic, and it’s no surprise that even today it still exists. Some people just can’t live with other people of other race, and it’s horrifying.

Overall I don’t think racism will be stopped even hundreds of years in the future. Even other discriminatory issues like sexism, wealth status, nationality, and religion will still exist, because some people have their own opinions on other people. A clear solution will never exist, but the least we can do is spread the word about it and let others know it exists.