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ace and Identity Racism developed as a set of
ideologies and pseudo-
The notions of race, identity scientific doctrines after the
and difference are central to Renaissance, especially with
cultural studies. It is now the industrialization of Europe
generally accepted that "race" and the process of
is a socially constructed colonization. Racism became
concept. universal. Non-European
peoples were despised as
inferior and seen as material
ripe for exploitation.
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