POLOKWANE – The word racism is avoided in most social conversations and easily used to shift blame toward another race about a situation or event.

Racism is a stereotype about all members of a particular race being the same as each other, possessing the same characteristics, abilities or qualities that distinguish it as superior to another race.

Race can be defined as a group of people that are distinct from other groups because of genetic and physical traits such as skin color shared by the group.

#TakeOnRacism and unite South Africa @lead_sa @Abramjee @ChangeAgentSA @NelsonMandela https://t.co/gv81TOhjCM pic.twitter.com/zghFPwj3Ww

— #UniteAgainstRacism (@AntiRacismNet) March 14, 2016

The Take on Racism pledge is the current trend on social media.

The pledge is as follows:

I pledge to #TakeOnRacism.
I will learn about racism,
Talk about it,
Speak out against it, and
Act to stop it.

This is what Twitter users says about the trending topic:

Racism will still live as long as you treat another race as superior to your own #TakeOnRacism

— The Real CV Guru 📍 (@therealcvguru) March 8, 2017

Nobody's born a racist.
Society teaches it.#TakeOnRacism pic.twitter.com/e7YAmPmFZB

— Brent Janse van Vuuren (@BrentJvV) March 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/BlackManLand/status/839402795807694848

We shouldn't be having this Hashtag to begin with, after so many years of struggle & countless talks. It's exhausting #TakeOnRacism

— RIPZolekaMandela❤️ (@Punchu_Pie) March 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/trapafasa/status/839420063753076736

We need to acknowledge our differences and also respect each one another no one should be better than the other based on color #TakeOnRacism

— Queenie Gay Person (@just_jabu) March 8, 2017

#ColourShouldNeverDivideUs #TakeOnRacismhttps://t.co/9HvY7jUpEL pic.twitter.com/waYZIVgYxM

— Quathar Jacobs (@Quathar) March 16, 2016

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