Racism

Racism

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  • 330

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    The first traces of racism date back to 330 BC when Aristotle said " while Greeks are free by nature, 'barbarians' (non-Greeks) are slaves by nature, in that it is in their nature to be more willing to submit to despotic government."
  • 400

    Babylonian Talmud

    Babylonian Talmud
    Racism is demonstrated in the Babylonian Talmud from the Late Antiquity period (AD300-600). It divides humankind between the three sons of Noah, stating "the descendants of Ham are cursed by being black, and [it] depicts Ham as a sinful man and his progeny as degenerates."
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Atlantic Slave Trade

    Atlantic Slave Trade
    During the Atlantic Slave Trade, which took place from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, African people were sent to the colonies of the New World to serve as slaves. Approximately 9.4 - 12 million Africans were sent to the New World.

  • The Jim Crow Laws

    The Jim Crow Laws
    The Jim Crow laws approved the segregation of public schools, public places, public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms and restaurants for whites and blacks.

  • The Holocaust

    The Holocaust
    Six million jews along with Soviet POWs, ethnic Poles, Freemasons, homosexuals, Jehova's Witnesses, and disabled people are murdered by Nazis due to beliefs that they were superior than everyone else.

  • South African Apartheid

    South African Apartheid
    A system of legal segregation is set up by the National Party of South Africa where white domination and instituinalized racism are practiced.

  • Jena Six

    Jena Six
    The name given to six black teenagers charged with the beating of a white student in Jena, Louisiniana. The motive: racial tensions such as the hanging of nooses in the high school courtyard, two violent confrontations between white and black youth, and the destruction of the main building of Jena high School by fire.

  • Superiority Of The Blacks To The Whites

    Superiority Of The Blacks To The Whites
    Al-Jahiz, a famous Afro-Arab scholar, writes a book titled "Superiority Of The Blacks To The Whites" in response to extensive Arab conquests and the slave trade. In it he states "Blacks are physically stronger than no matter what other people. A single one of them can lift stones of greater weight and carry burdens such as several Whites could not lift nor carry between them. [...]