The Role Of Racism In American Society

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When racism comes to mind most only associate racism with white and black. Even though that type of racism is very prevalent in American society it did not start that way. Racism originated from Greece and Rome along with the slave trade. These nations believed the ideas of racism and slave trade were “natural” and so did the slave owning class. Now I’m going to go back to the very first class when you were saying nothing is natural. In the case of racism and the slave trade that is not natural. I say that because every race is born and made the same one is not created in a higher way than any other. Racism is something that you need to be taught it isn’t just an instinct that every member of a certain race has. When a child is born and in