Racism (6)

After discussing about it in class, I was asked if there is racism in Italy.
Unfortunately, I believe racism is a worldwide issue and I think I can't define any country in the whole world as racism-free. The 'targets' could be different but humans always seem to find a group of people within themselves to depict as 'different' and therefore, for some reasons, to discriminate.
What I found interesting is that some racist general opinions and stereotypes are the same here and overseas, like that immigrants steal other people's jobs, that 'black' is dangerous and you shouldn't go out at night, or that you shouldn't be friends with that kid, he's southametican and 90% a drug dealer.
Similar is also the people attitude towards racism, I think that the majority of people wouldn't describe themselves as racists but feel comfortable making distinctions between races and hide themselves behind that 'I am not racist but..' Because if you need that introduction you're clarly going to say something racist but trying to explain yourself, maybe mostly to yourself than to someone else.
What I find really sad is how closed people are towards what's different. Discriminating someone or not giving someone a chance to prove you wrong, will end up hurting yourself more than it will hurt anyone else.
We're making our society into a big clothing store, we're judging people by their tags without even considering that maybe they're worth more than the price written on them, and it doesn't make sense to put everyone into the same basket because one size will never fit all.