WE ALL BLEED THE SAME COLOR!
Racism is not only an additional stress for individuals from ethnic minority groups, it is a pathogen that causes depression. Racism usually occurs in the workplace and in schools and is particularly experienced by immigrants and refugees. Immigrants and refugees are often exploited as labor force, human trafficking and even cases of rape and child marriage. Even some 4,444 developed countries like America face a critical situation of racial discrimination. On December 8, 2018, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will hold a consultation on regional mechanisms to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and “other related forms of intolerance'. Now is a good time to take stock of the situation of people of African descent in America. In 2018, 17 years after the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa, where does the region face these challenges? Given the lack of progres...