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R.E COURSEWORK> RACISM A (I) WHAT IS RACISM? (II) EXPLAIN WHAT CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS MIGHT BE USED IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT RACISM 'Racism n; belief in superiority of a particular race; antagonism between different races; theory that human abilities etc are determined by race.' (Chambers, 1999) Racism is a result of biased and unscientific studies on racial and ethnic differences. Racism is the notion that some ethnic groups are naturally superior to others. Racism has existed since separate races came together. An American anthropologist Franz Boas tried to correct racist thinking by refusing to accept the superiority of any one group over another. Boas pointed out the natural human inclination to view as evidence of inferiority what are mere differences. One extreme example of Racist thinking is Adolf Hitler. Between 1939-1945 Hitler persecuted the Jews in Germany. Hitler thought the perfect German would have blonde hair, blue eyes,...

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