Racism is defined as discrimination or prejudice based on race. In the past and present racism was main part of most of the war this county is and was in. These consist of the Civil War, Holocaust, and the racism after 9/11.
Well let's go in order. First was the Civil War. That's was the war about slavery, and we all know that slavery is one of the biggest forms of racism known to man. It was fought between the North (Union) and the South (Consecrates). The cause of this war was slavery, which is the base of racism in this country today. The South was sending ships over to Africa and bringing back people to sell like they were cattle. The south thought this was ok, because they thought that they were a lesser race to the white man. The South put the Africa Americans to work on their farms. Not seeing that this was so wrong to the moral standard of a human being. The Africa Americans weren't allowed to do anything but be slaves.
When the North heard of the news they tried to......

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Title: Racism
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