What are the differences between the holocaust and racism?

Answer 1

The Holocaust spanned over a much shorter period than the middle passage and the lives lost during the holocaust are a mere fraction to the untold amount of African lives that were lost during The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.

Answer 2

The middle passage traded slaves from the west coast in a horrible journey through the Atlantic Ocean...

the holocaust invaded all jews and sent them to a concentration camp to work until they died. Night by elie wiesel tells about the holocaust.

Answer 3

Holocaust:

1.) 6,000,000 people died

2.) Happened in the 1930's-1940's

3.) Targeted Jews

Trail of Tears:

1.) 6,000 died

2.) 1838

3.) Cherokee

Same:

1.) removed from homes

2.) sickness

3.) torture

Answer 4

Slavery was part of the Holocaust, Jews were worked to death as part of the effort to exterminate them. The Holocaust refers to a specific action against the Jews.

Slavery has always existed and is arguably worse now than it has ever been. Historically there has been a responsibility for the slave owners to feed and care for their property, though currently this is less and less the case.

Answer 5

Racism is the belief that one race is better than another race.

The Holocaust is a specific example of racism. It was a genocide committed against the Jewish people by the Nazis.