Answer to Question #277134 in History for Kelsey Jand

Question

Scholar George Fredrickson writes that racism has two components: difference and power. He explains:

“It originates from a mindset that regards “them” as different from “us” in ways that are permanent and unbridgeable. This sense of difference provides a motive or rationale for using our power advantage to treat the . . . Other in ways that we would regard as cruel or unjust if applied to members of our own group.”

How is Fredrickson’s definition of racism reflected in the history of imperialism? 

Answer 1

. This sense of difference provides a motive or rationale for using our power advantage to treat the . . . Other in ways that we would regard as cruel or unjust if applied to members of our own group