Question

[Racism] 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.

can someone paraphrase this?

Answer 1

Racism stems from a paradigm that sees "them" as substantially different from "us" in ways that are unbridgeable. This perception of difference provides an incentive or rationalization for us to use our power to treat the other in ways that we would consider inhumane or unethical if they were members of our own group.

How's this?