Why did racism begain?

Answer 1

There is no REAL reason that racsim began...it has been around since ancient times, when one race feels that they are superior to the other. The western countries for example, when they arrived in china in the 1800's, both nations believed that they were superior than the others. So its more of a believe than a casue.

Answer 2

You talk about it like it's some sort of club or religion. It's not that organized. It started when one caveman noticed that the other caveman was a slightly different color, and, because he didn't know anything else about the guy, decided that caveman must be in some way inferior because he wasn't exactly the same. Most hatred (and racism is hatred) comes from ignorance.

I can't agree with the idea that Americans started it, because it was the European explorers who decided they could enslave Africans simply because their skin was a different color. There was no United States when (color-based) slavery first came to North America. I believe the Native Americans would take conquered tribes as slaves, and that wouldn't be based on racism as African slavery was.

Answer 3

because most people didn't like different colors of peoples skin. JC+KB FOREVER!