In Canadian society today, racism is seen in how people are divided, judged, and treated differently based on their race and ethnicity. I believe no one person should be treated and viewed differently based on race and ethnicity. All people should be treated and viewed equally because there is nothing different about people internally. People have different skin color, different beliefs, cultures, people do look different externally, but all people, humankind are the same, and all people should be treated as such. In reading the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ my overall thoughts on racism were not changed from believing all equal whether they are from a different race or of ethnicity. In the book, racism was demonstrated multiple times throughout the story, sadly, in the way in which we are seeing in present time today. Back in the day, as described in the literature, the white people were harsher with the hateful ‘N-word’ towards African Americans. When reading the book, I was appalled with the casualness and usage of that insufferable word. In today’s world, that word is not stated verbally, nor heard much anymore because it is hateful and discriminating. After reading the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ my thoughts about racism may have only grown stronger, conceivably angrier. Racism is anact of discrimination that should not exist, it is saddening and leads to dividing people into a hierarchy of power based solely on their race or ethnicity. Such human discrimination results in labelling human beings who then are treated poorly, no one deserves or should be treated in this diminishing manner. In the past, and still in the present, society, people have created the stereotype that African Americans are dangerous and a threat to people, society. This was seen demonstrated in the United States in 2020 when Geoge Floyd was arrested in a not so typical way. Police officers saw him as a threat because he was a tall African American man, they challenged him to the ground and put their knee on his neck closing his airway which resulted in him not being able to breath and sadly lead to his death. This illustrated racism because no person based on their color of skin, race should be arrested in such a violent manner. If George Floyd had been a white person, the officers would have not seen him as a threat and would have arrested them in a safe and formal way, the way police officers are trained to arrest a person. We need to stop this type of stereotyping because people of colour are the same as every other human being on this earth. Yes, there are some people of colour that are dangerous and a threat to others, but this does not mean that every African American represents a dangerous person and resulting in unequal treatment, judgement, and hate. Equally as important, we as humans have been guilty of joking or mocking other humans of other races based on their colour of skin. This type of action was seen with our own Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, when in his younger years he was seen to have coloured his face black to present himself as Aladdin in a Halloween costume. His costume, this action, especially today in the fight against racism, resulted in our Prime Minister receiving tons of backlash. He was deemed “Black Face” from the Black community and many others saw this as an act of racism because humans have no right to mock or play other races even if it is for a costume, game, or a play production. And finally, another form of racism that has been seen is the hate crimes against races simply because of the country they represent. This was seen in Vancouver over the past two years with hate crimes and actions towards the Chinese people. With the Corona Virus originating in China, the global pandemic with all the restrictions implemented, people took hate actions out on innocent Asian people and their businesses, blaming the pandemic on the Asian people and telling these Asian Canadians, immigrants to ‘go back home, not welcome.’ We as a community need to work together as one and stop these hate crimes if we want to see growth and positivity and equalness in our communities. Racism within Canadian society needs to stop, no race, human being should be treated differently. Throughout Canada, government, and society in general is trying to remove the thought and actions of racism through education, awareness, and acknowledgment. There is a desperate need of a shift towards an equal, human right, and inclusiveness of human race and colour in society. We are seeing this through protests, movements and education, a move in the right direction but a lot more work to be done. From my examples and opinions illustrated, has clearly indicated that racism is a huge problem within Canadian society and around the world. Us as a humans need to work together to protect, stop and bring the acts of racism out of our society and bring in peace and positivity.