Scholarly Source:

https://osf.io/w2h73

In, “The Psychology of American Racism,” Written by, Steven Roberts and Michael Rizzo, they discuss how differences, in general, can result in racism. For example, in their research, they explained how there are several differences that are significant causes of racism, such as, segregation, hierarchies, power, media, and etc. Since the authors are researching solely American Racism all the factors that are listed may not all contributes towards racism in America. The author’s purpose for researching on this topic is to help readers understand the different major factors that may contribute towards racisn. By understanding what causes racism the author hopes the audience understands why racism is occurring in the first place.

Open Web Source:

https://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism

In this open web source titled, “Racism,” By Anup Shah,  the author describes how racism occurs not only in America but all across the world. The author gave examples of racism in different continents such as Europe, Australia, North America, and Africa. What the author is trying to portray here is that racism isn’t a problem that is being dealt with locally. Instead, racism is a global problem and is not unique to a specific race in a specific region but a global issue that every race can and has faced.

Magazine, Time

https://time.com/5858649/racism-coronavirus/

In this magazine titled, “‘I Will Not Stand Silent.’ 10 Asian Americans Reflect on Racism During the Pandemic and the Need for Equality,” the author brings to light on how the recent pandemic, COVID-19 had increased the amount of racism Asian Americans are facing. In this magazine, the author talks about how not only are Asian Americans facing racism from fellow American’s but the government itself is being racist towards Asians in general. For example, President Donald Trump called the virus “Chinese Virus,” or, “Kung Flu,” because this pandemic is affecting millions in America this leads to aggression towards Asians in America.

Newspaper, New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/politics/african-americans-china-coronavirus.html

In this newspaper article, “‘We Need Help’: Coronavirus Fuels Racism Against Black Americans in China,” by Elizabeth Williamson and Vivian Wang, they explain how because of this pandemic there are growing cases of racism against black Americans in China.  In the newspaper, the authors brought up cases where a black American was denied renting a place specifically due to the color of his skin. This comes to explain that racism can come from people of any race and it doesn’t matter where those people are since racism can be felt globally.