Racism is an issue that negatively affects all regions of the world and has especially shaped the culture of the United States. It has caused racial tensions, deep unfairness, mistreatment and unjust killings of blacks and Latinos for centuries. Given the current events of racial protests happening in the United States around the death of African-American man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, we thought it would be a good opportunity to give our listeners a better understanding of the roots behind racism in the US.