Race, according to this website, is something that evolved as an excuse. As the concept of race evolved it became a justification for the exclusion of people like immigrants and a justification for the extermination of others. Race wasn't created by humans but racism was.
Race is thought to be a modern idea that began with the use of slaves to grow cash crops in America. Before that slavery was just a result of a conquest over an enemy that had nothing to do with how they looked. It was a way of making them weaker and taking over their lands.The slave trade brought a new idea that people that looked different were "less" and could be used to others advantage. I found it really interesting that the idea of race became what it is today thanks to this because we all believe race has been around since the beginning of time. Yet one small change in trade spurred this evil monster known as racism.
In the website they talk about how in ancient times there were no prejudices of race as there are now. That race is a modern idea. Yet, having taken my AP World test less than a week ago, I must disagree. In India they had the caste system that still affects them today that began in 1200 B.C.E. So if this is a modern idea how is it that in India it is a classic idea?
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