What Is One Reason Your Textbook Gives for Why Racism

Multiple Choice

What is one reason your textbook gives for why racism flourished?

A) Racism helped justify colonial rule over nonwhites.
B) White had long been associated with purity and black with evil in all cultures.
C) The symbol of blackness with negative meanings emerged after the West came into extensive contact with black peoples.
D) The notion of race as a cluster of inherited characteristics existed for thousands of years.