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Biology And Racism
Before watching the film I did not think biology had anything to do with racism. I believe scientist tried to prove that race was biological in order to justify the actions against the non-white race. I had never really thought about where race had come from but was surprised, but not hard to believe, to hear in the film that race was created by humans to describe social and cultural differences.
Knowing that race is not biological will not eliminate racisms today. Those that are racist today, I believe, are just looking at the color of the skin. Racism is a learned behavior and those who are teaching racism to their children today are not teaching them there are biological differences. I have friends whose parents have instilled racism
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