Racism has been an important topic for many years. From the Civil War to the 1960s and from Martin Luther King Jr. to today, it's an ongoing issue. The definition of racism is “mistreatment or violence against a person because of their race or beliefs”. If you look at the extreme violence against African Americans in the 1960s to the typical racism we see today, you might assume that racial tensions have eased significantly over the years. However, this is only true when focusing on tensions between whites and African Americans. When examining new non-traditional forms of racism, as well as tensions between minorities and traditional racism, it is easy to see that the issue of race has not eased, it is the same as it was in the 1960s; it simply changed shape. As stated previously, the definition of racism is “bad treatment or violence toward a person because of their race or beliefs.” This definition includes a huge number of violent acts and hate crimes that are not normally considered racism. Terrorism is one of these acts. Much terrorism is committed with anti-American, Christian, or Jewish intent. Two of the most recent terrorist attacks include 9/11 and the Boston Marathon bombings. Over 2,000 people were reported dead in the September 11 attacks. Three people were killed and over 200 injured in the Boston Marathon bombings. The perpetrators of both attacks, Osama bin Laden and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, both cited hatred of Americans and their involvement in Middle East politics as motivations for acts of terrorism. "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 'the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, told interrogators that America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his brother... half of the document... characteristic of the 1960s. People do not they were just “going with the flow” but they were intentionally hurting and disrespecting each other. It was not an accident that racism occurred, it was a deliberate act. For these reasons both positions are false today is of a different nature than in the 1960s, yet tensions remain. Racism has simply transformed from the traditional form we think of today, into terrorist activity and unfair treatment of members of other religions in the public sector. Even traditional racism and hate crimes exist today in large numbers, as do tensions among the many minorities in America. Because of all these factors, racism is a much larger issue than it was in 1960. However, because it is not as violent, i. factors balance each other and the tensions are more or less the same as over the years ’60..