Is Ukraine A Great Country - 1807 Words

We all have a lot in common, because we are humans, but, at the same time, we are all completely different, because there is no one person who is completely the same as the other one. Even twins are different, when, at first glance, we can see them 100% identical. It is strange, but it is completely true, that people may be against someone that looks different or acts different, most of us don’t like to see very unusual things because we are not used to them. Each region is different and it is very important to realize, that racism was, and is going to be everywhere. In African, Arabic and Hispanic countries, people who are white are different, while in Europe and the United States, they are nothing but normal. Sometimes we are not†¦show more content†¦There is no doubt that in Europe and in Ukraine especially, racism is a very popular issue. Also in Europe today, racism is not classic because it applies not only to people with a different skin color. It includes all the characteristics defined by the International Convention of the United Nations Convention, adopted on 21 December 1965: ... the term racial discrimination shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin ... . We must not succumb to the insidious illusion that violent outbreaks of ethnic hatred remained in the distant past. According to Focus.ua, a surge of racist crime occurred less than 10 years ago, in October 2006 the Congress of the monitoring of national communities of Ukraine recorded 16 attacks on the color of foreigners (two fatalities), and in 2007 - already 86 attacks (five deaths). Since then, the trend is disappointing, however, that was quieter this year. Most of the safety of international visitors is coming from their safety. After being burned in 2006 and 2007, people, who came to Ukraine to live are not trying to fight against the rules of our community, but just making their own life safer (Safonov, 2009). According to tradition of my country, if a girl from a good family is going to get into a relationship with a â€Å"black† man, she and all her family