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How was racism justified in American history?

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racism Racism, an ideology that views race as a fundamental human category rooted in nature and sees some races as inherently MORE

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Racism is the belief that race and the genetic factors that constitute race, ethnicity, or nationality, are a primary determinant of human traits and capacities. Also, it is the belief that ethnic differences produce an inherent superiority of a certain race.

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