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The belief that one ________ has inherent superiority over another has played a major role in defining human relations over the past 500 years and is known as ________.

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race

racism

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Traditionally race is referred to the categorization of people based on their biological characteristics. However modern researches prove that race is a social construct in which a group of people is categorized for economic, social or political reasons. The concept of race created stereotype which resulted in the mass extinction of a particular group of people. The holocaust in world war second an institution of slavery in the U.S are some examples of destruction this notion brought to this world.

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