THE WORLD SINCE 1492

WHITE RACISM--Key features of this ideology include:

(1) the belief that there are biologically distinct populations which differ in bodily appearance, intellectual ability and moral worth; these are called 'races';

(2) the belief that each of these 'races' has its own ancestral territory (Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas);

(3) the belief that for most of human history each 'race' has been isolated and 'pure'--i.e., has been inbreeding or racially endogamous. [Note that point (3) depends upon point (2); and that point (1) depends upon point (3)];

(4) the belief that all other 'races' are inferior to the European 'race';

(5) the practical use of these beliefs both to assign persons to and to organize  positions in the system (or mode) production.