As mentioned before, covert racism is the inexplicit act of racially oppressing another person. This type of racism may occur subliminally or subconsciously through choice of words or actions. What is even more sinister is unintentional but effective racism that is done through aspects such as stereotyping and mental notes that oppress and demean other races. These types of covert racism seen all around the world include assuming that black people are more physically superior than other races, shop keepers keeping an eye especially on black customers, and exaggerating offenses against white while ignoring more serious offenses against other races. These are all examples that occur around the world but mainly in the US. However, in our country Belize, there are also several acts of covert racism. These range from small offenses such as crossing the street when about to approach an unkempt black person to larger offenses such as increased police brutality in the southern part of Belize City. Although covert racism may seem less impactful than blatant sadistic racism, it is still racism and is illegal. The world, specifically North Carolina made an honest attempt to improve the racial biases of the world and created the NC racial justice act on August 11 2009. This law will allow people facing the death penalty to present evidence of racial bias, including statistics, in court; therefore, granting all races equality in court as well as a source of defense. This is the world making an attempt to truly eradicate racism and to bring about an assimilationist idea.
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