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Tribal hatred for "out groups" is a human problem

Racism is a political problem. It doesn't arise out of some universal flawed human psyche, it arises because certain political structures exist that stratify and marginalize groups of people. In the United States, for example, "whiteness" was an invention that changed over time to include different groups depending on political circumstances. Calling it merely a "human" problem ignores the strong relationship between racism and the legacy of European and American colonialism.

Racism is indeed stoked and used for political ends, but it is still rooted in the natural human fear of tribal out-groups (people who speak, look, act, and believe differently)

>Calling it merely a "human" problem ignores the strong relationship between racism and the legacy of European and American colonialism.

Framing racism solely in terms of American and European history is woefully ignorant of the extensive world/human history of ethnic discrimination/slavery/murder/genocide. Have you only ever studied American/European history??

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade

Incorrect. Racism is an innate human problem. Every group will have a self preference without massive work to train themselves otherwise.

There are a lot of minority groups that look down on other minority groups. It's part of human nature.

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