Sometimes words and attitudes may not be recognizable as racism.
In the book’ Why Did You Do That’ by David Matas, lawyer and Human Rights Advocate, his words have a powerful message on how racism infiltrates self perception and the entire community self esteem. “Racist speech affects self-perception. Self-esteem depends on the esteem of others. When others think less of the community, the community thinks less of itself and the very identity of the community, or at least of individual members of the community, is stifled. Avoidance grows to become more than just a tactic. It becomes grafted on to the community’s soul”