Racism in the United States dates as far back as the colonial era; the deep-rooted belief that people of certain skin colors—particularly anyone not considered white—are inferior stems from early first impressions shaped by colonization. The colonial era, especially the Europe-Africa colonialism that intensified in the 1880s and was rooted in the 15th-century Transatlantic slave trade, laid the foundation for the systemic discrimination still challenged today by movements like Black Lives Matter.
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