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What Is Racism? Racism is not a simple subject. There is nothing natural about racism. Racism is attitudes, customs, and laws that are based on negative attitudes toward a specific group. Racial prejudices are the basis for discrimination. Discrimination is decisions and actions that are based on stereotyping. When social prejudice is combined with the power to discriminate against any and all members of a group, it is called racism. I would like to explain my general findings about racism and what is happening to the world because of it. The institution of slavery had existed throughout human history, in almost every century, in almost every culture. But until the eleventh century people were enslaved mainly because of war. During the crusade, Christians and Muslims used religion to justify slavery. In the fifteenth century, race became the primary basis for slavery. In 1444, Henry the navigator, Prince of Portugal, sent ships to explore the coast of Africa. His men brought back captives who were sold into slavery. Africans were not seen as inferior because of skin color, and their status as slaves was not necessarily inherited by their children. When the Europeans stumbled onto America, the