Racism is not a simple subject. There is nothing natural about racism. Racism is attitudes, customs, and laws that are based on negative attitudes toward a specific group. Racial prejudices are the basis for discrimination. Discrimination is decisions and actions that are based on stereotyping. When social prejudice is combined with the power to discriminate against any and all members of a group, it is called racism. I would like to explain my general findings about racism and what is happening to the world because of it.

The institution of slavery had existed throughout human history, in almost every century, in almost every culture. But until the eleventh century people were enslaved mainly because of war. During the crusade, Christians and Muslims used religion to justify slavery. In the fifteenth century, race became the primary basis for slavery.

In 1444, Henry the navigator, Prince of Portugal, sent ships to explore the coast of Africa. His men brought back captives who were sold into slavery. Africans were not seen as inferior because of skin color, and their status as slaves was not necessarily inherited by their children.

When the Europeans stumbled onto America, the

These practices continued until the time of the Civil War , which began in 1861. The Union was not interested in abolishing slavery. The real issues were economic, not moral. The Northern Industrialists wanted free land, free labor, and high tariffs to protect their manufacturing interests. They wanted the Union to remain intact. Southern planters wanted free trade to protect their exports and new markets for selling slaves. They wanted states to be able to leave the Union if they chose to.

We are living at the time when the devil...and when we say devil, we don't mean a spirit that is under the ground, we mean this blue-eyed Satan who walks the earth, to and fro, up and down, seeking whom he may desire. This is the White man who Messenger Elijah Muhammad teaches, who almighty god, Allah, has revealed as the real devil of your bible and the real shaitan of the Holy Qua-ran.[Farrakhan p.69]

Separate but equal has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. The courts ruling marked the end of an era. [Kosof pp. 22, 23]

Many Americans feared the new militant groups who called Whites "Devils" or "Racist pigs". There was a Black Rage that was unleashed. Black Rage is the desperation of Black youths. "Who in their hopelessness feel no need to silence unwanted passions" Black Rage was used as the primary defense of Colin Ferguson, a Black who shot up a passenger train on December 7, 1993 killing 6 people and wounding 17 [Graham p. 236]

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