Essay Topics on Racism

  • Is a homeowner able to cope with racism in his/ her daily life?
  • Do you believe that racism could disappear someday?
  • Can racism be added to the list of mental conditions?
  • How is racism in relation to women different from racism against men?
  • Why is the Black Lives Matter movement essential for the overall fight against racism?
  • Is the problem of racism more painful nowadays than a few decades ago?
  • Why is racism considered immoral?
  • Contemplate on the possible reasons why racism appeared.
  • Analyze the society’s reactions concerning Martin Luther King’s Jr. Death.
  • Did Darwin mention any concepts of racism in his works?
  • Would apartheid have some impact on the development of the Republic of Newcastle in South Africa?
  • Does the original idea of differentiating ethnic identities have a racist origin?
  • Is “Irishness” a manifestation of racism/
  • Could Confucianism ever solve the problem of racism?
  • Who can racism may be beneficial in the modern days?
  • Draw parallel to the Ancient Greece world: can it be considered racist?
  • Are religions some of the reasons for the spread of racism?
  • Is the expression “third-world countries” grounded on the principles of racism?
  • The role of Trump in the modern-day situation connected with racism.
  • Are there any cases in which racism may be justified?
  • Do you agree that racism is rooted with fear?
  • How is the concept of racism passed on through education?
  • Is it hard or easy for people to engage into cross-racial relationships?
  • What countries are considered to be the most racist ones?
  • The interrelation between prisoners’ lives and racism in the USA.
  • The role of racism in the formulation of specific phrases and statements in English nowadays.
  • How do you differentiate racism, stereotypes, and prejudice?
  • Are the anti-racism measures applicable to different kinds of discrimination?
  • What kind of racism is spread in Latin America?
  • What are the aftermaths of Islamophobia in relation to the Arab population residing on the territory of the USA?
  • How does racism impact mental well-being of the harassed person?
  • Are there any specific features of aboriginal racism in America?
  • Police violence and ethnic discrimination.
  • The influence of racism on the industry of sports activities.
  • Can some healthcare institutions be impacted by institutional racism? In what ways?
  • Racist vs. anti-racist ideas and messages within commercials.
  • Similarities between the scapegoat principle and racism.
  • How can social media networks be used in the fight against racism? Analyze strengths and weaknesses of such approach.
  • Racism vs. ageism: similarities and differences.
  • Ways to deal with racism in the workplace.
  • Critically analyze the main types of racism that is persistent nowadays.
  • Implicit and explicit racial stereotypes.
  • The main ways of identifying internalized discrimination.
  • How can environmental racism be described? How can the society deal with it?
  • Discuss and analyze the idea of national identity: how can it be related to racism?
  • What culture theory can be applied to racism?
  • What personality principles can explain the widely spread racism?
  • Why institutional racism can be one of the most challenging to deal with?
  • Explain what the term “post-racial” means.
  • Analyze the central thread that can be traced when comparing the genocide depicted in the Shindler’s List movie and financial discrimination.
  • Use vivid examples to prove why To Kill a Mockingbird can be used as a literary work that is essential for understanding the principles of racism.
  • What are the main characteristics of black nationalism as depicted in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.
  • Racism in Hemingway’s literary works.
  • The movie Hidden Figures and its impact on changing attitude towards women.
  • Problems of racism presented in the movie The Shape of Water.
  • The main ideas shared in the film The Color of Fear.
  • The topic of prejudice in The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini.
  • Can Othello be considered as a racist literary work?
  • Fences by August Milson and his representation of racism within the realm of physical exercising.
  • Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give and its representation of institutional racism.
  • Can art be considered as a means of fighting against racism?
  • Scott Hicks’ Snow Slipping on Cedars and its depiction of racism & love conflict.