Is Racism still a problem in the 21st Century? Racism has been a problem since the very first day that two men of different races met. Racism is defined as "the belief in the superiority of one race over all others." Often racism is a belief that one type of person has better physical attributes, or is more intelligent. This belief can have an enormous effect over the way that one group of people treat another. In general, individual people are very friendly, but because of human actions throughout history or rivalling religious beliefs, people often see others as being a possible threat and treat every person of that race a