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You see that statement people will treat you exactly how you treat yourself? Let us liken it to broader situations shall we? Ok here it is, as the head or representative of the home, people will treat members of your family based on how you treat them.
As the leader of a group or its representative, people will treat those in your circle based on how much value that you have placed on them.
As the citizen of a country, how you get treated in some or most cases by foreigners, is greatly dependent on how your country has been represented by its citizens in the past, present and of course, the future. It is also greatly dependent on how well the leaders of a place are willing to develop it, industrialize it and the work put in.
Going by the definition of racism which to my understanding, it is the discrimination and marginalization against a certain group of people. It is seeing some set of people as inferior or lesser because of their race. I feel that the racism mentality spun from an individual have the mindset of a superior mentality.
Basically people react differently to certain life scenarios while some might see themselves in the next person's shoes irrespective of their skin tone, situation or predicament and be more accommodating, others might want to take advantage and exhibit some sense of superiority just to take advantage of.
One way to combat racism for me, is for everyone to be on the same level playing field. Each African nation should be as developed as their foreign counterparts. The last thing our leaders should do is depend on aid granted to them by foreigners. The more dependent we are, the lesser we are being viewed or respected by those with the superior mentality.
We can make our nation just as great, we have these untapped resources readily available for our growth and development process, but then we keep depending on foreigners for loans and also to lead us in this process.
Dependent attitude places us at a disadvantaged position because it gives the impression of irresponsibility which often breeds the superiority mentality in some foreigners against us.
I have noticed that people from developed economies do not get descriminated against like the people from under developed or least developing countries. I might be wrong, but this just my observation.
Bringing this to a conclusion, another way I think that we can combat racism is compassion.
If we see ourselves in the other person and treat people how we want to be treated, realizing that we are all human beings and that the color of our skin does not transmute to the color of our blood irrespective of our race, it becomes registered in our subconscious that we are humans first.
Above is my response to the Inleo prompt day 28, you can participate HERE
