This, then, is racism: the belief that people differ along biological and genetic lines and that one's own group is superior to another group. These beliefs are coupled with and compounded by the power to negatively affect the lives and limit the options of those perceived to be inferior. America's history is inextricably bound to this racist ideology. From the codifying of slavery to the belief in Manifest Destiny, to the treatment of illegal immigrants and the branding of them as criminals, rapists, or potential terrorists, many of America's actions continue to conflict with its creed that, "All men are created equal."
-- Joy DeGruy, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, p. 15
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