The History Of Racism (The Color of Money: Colonialism and the Slave Trade)

By Tambay, on February 24th, 2010

Reaching back across the centuries, this BBC documentary sheds light on historical attitudes toward human differences. It assesses the significance of Biblical narratives in the evolution of European concepts of race, and goes on to examine the basis of institutionalized racism – entwined with capitalism – on which the transatlantic slave trade operated. The destruction of Americas indigenous civilizations and the dehumanization and exploitation of Africans are studied, alongside the writings of Enlightenment philosophers and historians.

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