![]() ![]() Nevertheless, in many cases, it is deeply rooted in values, beliefs and stereotypical attitudes. ![]() Racist ideology is sometimes manifested openly, in insults, malicious jokes, acts of hatred, inequality. Therefore, the dominators had no moral obligation to face the dominated. The best way to exclude human beings to exploit them, sometimes as slaves, was to say they were not quite human. ![]() Racism is also a colonial ideology invented to promote the conquest of other continents by Europeans. Racist doctrines are based on reasoning, express or implied, of the superiority of one human group over others and the belief that biological, social and cultural differences between human groups are transmitted hereditarily. Skin, hair and eye colour, size, shape of lips and head were the criteria most often applied to classify humanity into distinct races. In its old definition, the term "race" meant a group of individuals sharing externally visible physical traits (phenotypes) whose origin was considered genetic. ![]() This confusion stems from the heavy baggage accumulated by the concept of race, from misconceptions about human nature perpetuated by philosophers, biologists and anthropologists over the centuries. The concept of race remains unclear to many people who confuse the terms of race, colour, and even ethnic or national origin, and culture. The concept of "race" generates the most tenacious kind of prejudice in relations between human groups and is the main cause of their clashes. ![]()
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