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Racism And Racial Theories In The 18th, 19th, And Early 20th Century
Six million Jews were killed by a government that took time out from running the state to exterminate the Jews equally, efficiently, and indifferently. How was it possible for a country to attempt the deliberate extermination of a whole people? While it was the Nazis who actually performed the action, men and women everywhere believed in the separation of races, whether white, black, Aryan, or Jew. Racism was a big part of late 19th and early 20th century thinking. But what was the cause for all this hate among races? Racism annexed most of the important ideas of the 19th and 20th century. It also gave people a feeling of protection against opposing nations. Ideals such as freedom and equality could only become reality if the specific race was preserved and its enemies defeated. Not all views of racism were the same, however. There were many different opinions on what race a certain nation was. Some Europeans who believed in race classified Jews as whites or even Aryans and a few defended blacks as not necessarily inferior. Even the nazis eventually realized that racist ideas lacked clarity. Nobody knew for sure why there were different races. It could be, for example, a chance variation caused by the environment, or a hereditary factor that could be improved. Despite all of these differences, there were vital areas of agreement. All racists believed in a certain concept of beauty, within the European cultural tradition; of middle class virtues, of moderation and honor, and thought that all of these things were shown through external beauty. Because of these concepts, most racists placed upon inferior races several identical properties such as lack of beauty and lack of middle class virtues. Stereotypes provided the essence for racism and gave an appeal to the whole racist movement. Racism "dangled a utopia before the eyes of those who longed for a way... Please login to view comments from other users.
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