when did racism start?
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ever since people saw people who looked different than them
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All racism comes from the devil in his attempts to preach hate and not love. Anyone seen as different is auotmatically rated less than, be it different color, different religion, being too short, too tall, too skinny, too fat, tooo whatever. just different from an average so called NORM.      Yes racism has a root.  Its from the devil and not of God.   The devil will do anything to cause hatred and division and chaos.   The purpose is to keep us from God and Heaven. But, its our choice who we listen to.   Indians are hated frequently by whites,   spanish ppl... list is endless. but, do look, racism goes both ways. I have met many that hate all white ppl.  Its a two edged fence.   Not everyone has it, but everyone that does got it from listening to the devil, whether they knew it or not.   you asked if there were no black slaves, would there be racism.   Yes, hatred of blacks is the reason they took them for slaves.  if they had not hated them, they would not take them as their slave.     You are correct racism comes from personal distaste, but where does it come from?? the devil himself, who hates love and unity, and wants to ruin us all.    The civil rights movement has done a lot to help, but true racists battle that and hate that too, and wont hear any of it. It only makes sense to those of us not racists.  and no I am not black. I am white.     God says He created us all equal, so any person that is racism, is not hearing from God.   Period.  so many wear the Christian label,but dont follow God at all. just assuming grace covers everything. No, grace dosnt cover deliberate sin, and grace wont cover racisim and hate. I am passionate on anything that is not of God.  God says by their fruits (actions) we will know them.  Just look and we will see. Racism is of the devil, never of God.   so is all prejudice.    PPl that hate fat ppl or think pppl or ppl of other countries and religions,   ppl that hate are not of God.   We even love our enemies, but we hate their sin  That is not me, that is God.     Love questions that make us think, and this is good??????Wonder how many have ever even given this a thought???? Ask on.
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No, racism involves believing that you are superior to another race and also inflicting some form of harm (whether) verbal or physical onto someone else because of their race.\n\nThere are, unfortunately enough of those types around.  You are not racist.
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2/11/1985; 2/11/1986........2/11/2006!\n\nWhen Hitler's Aryans lost to our African-Americans in the Olympics!\n\nWhen the slaves were free.\nWhen segregation was made illegal.\nWhen Jesus died for our sins.\nWhen the Chinese were finally allowed to become American citzens.\nWhen women recieved their voting rights.\n\nANYTIME AN INJUSTICE WAS REMOVED!
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RACIST AGAINST US, THE WHITES? hahahhahahahahaha......i dont think so buddy...Racism is everywhere....after reading your question and analysing the answerer response, i find this millenium still having the same problem of racism just like before even though education level has risen up greatly...i guess it has nothing to do with education afterall, i strongly believe tht it all depends on situation, circumstances and society....how is the person raised.....and how you interpretate the world.....\n\nDont be a fanatic, fanatic people created racism and hatred throughout history...we all shld be broad minded and analyse the person who is being racist, maybe they are like tht bcs of a reason....or simply bcs they 'fear'....they have fear and dont accept change....\n\nBut again, let me remind you, we white people havent seen anything about racism...you wanna see racism, be Asian or Black...every single day you will be discrimanated and laughed at....i have seen it wth my very own eyes, and i have cried along wth them.....you havent seen anything buddy.\n\nYou are talking about becoming extinc and our nation being flood at, wht about the native red indians? we slaughtered them like animals making them almost extinc...we did tht so one day the wont step up and ask their nation back....this is the land of the free now, every single race has the same right as long as they become AMERICAN...whether you are black or white or brown or yellow...we are all equal...\nIf you are talking about The Great Britain, they are Great bcs they stole everything from the countries they conquered in the past....not great afterall aight, if their nation is being flooded then its either karma or the price they have to pay for past crimes...\n\nDont say tht they are flooding our nation, the nation is not even ours, now it belongs to everyone...we together helped it build together....
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Racism refers to "race", that is skin color and the configuration of human face. Disliking someone because of their nation is nationalism.
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racism has been with us for centuries.  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you; sounds simple but so many people won't even try.
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The whole bus boycott started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.  Then the civil rights movement started with Martin Luther King Jr. and his "I Have a Dream" speech.  I don't know if this is the kind of information you're looking for, but the bus boycott may have been the beginning of the civil rights movement.
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Nothing.\n\nIt's simply a formal issue where governments should officially admit racism existed, still exists and will always exist, instead of claiming their respective nations are racism free. \nAnd..to those who think the problem affects only the US, well you probably haven't been to Europe of late. LOL
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That's a good question.  It's probably just force of habit.  You may disagree, but I doubt that there's much - if any - lingering racism behind it.  People are becoming more educated and integrated these days.  Racism is a sad waste of the talents and capabilities of everyone, including white people.
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No, Just happen to be that europeans were christians and white people decided to used their racism to segregate from blacks. Pretty sad stuff...
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I think, anybody who says the n word more than once is a racists. But when he said 50 years ago we would have hung you upside down and put a fork in your a**, that is really racist. That means that person had to actually think about all the bad things that have happened to black people 50 years ago and agree with it. Someone mentioned that slavery was not around 50 years ago, but it might as well have been. Some places blacks could not use the white bathrooms at those times.
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I feel that racism is taught. Learning to accept all people should be taught in the home at an early age. People need to realize that this world would be a boring place if we were all the same!
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i agree with you on this subject 100%. i am deffinatly FAR from racist, but you are totally right! if a white person were to shout out im proud to be white than we are looked at as racist. if this racist thing has to do with slavery. many white women/girls were also inslaved during that time. i think everybody shouldd just be happy to be alive than worry about what color their skin is. EVERYBODY is diff. an has their own unique look to them. \n\n-stephanie
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It started in 1926, originally called "Negro History Week".  (first article)\n\nChanged to Black History Month in 1960. (second article)
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Racism is not becoming less prevalent. It is just more subtle. Racism today is not just "in your face" It's kind of under the table. and the you can see some of the subtle racism on the show.
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Great question, by the way, but I think that racism is way too entrenched in today's society, to the point where it's just too sensitive a subject for anyone to "forget" about it, not that some in society ever should.  It's very difficult to forget and forgive something like racism, even if it really was or was not racism per se.  There sometimes, and I emphazise sometimes very difficult to prove whether an incident was racism or not.  If a store has a paycheck for a white worker, but the the paycheck for the black worker was lost in transit, is that racism?  I could bring up plenty of other scenarios like this, but it's all about feelings.  It's like trying to define sexual harrassment, it's not always easy.  To break it down, too many people are set in their ways for racism to end anytime soon (at least completely) in todays's world.