Race can be defined in terms of physical features (skin color and other anatomical features), and sometimes also with respect to language, behavior, ideas, and other "cultural" matters. Racism is a belief in the superiority of a particular race; prejudice based on this or antagonism towards, or discrimination against, other races, especially as a result of this. (Goldberg, P. 58) Racism, as it applies to Blacks against Whites, in North American society, has its roots in several hundreds of years of oppression and racism by Whites. In this sense, black racism almost qualifies as reverse discrimination (e.g. affirmative action plans established by governments and foundations to give preference to blacks when hiring). However, more radical attitudes towards Whites by Black North Americans have developed, primarily during this century, in response to, and as an ....

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