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{{Message box/Stub}}{{Message box/ideologicalconflict}}[[File:Race mixing is communism.png|thumb|Signs in the [[United States of America|United States]] in 1957 saying "Race Mixing is [[Communism]]"]]
[[File:Race mixing is communism.png|thumb|Signs in the [[United States of America|United States]] saying "Race Mixing is [[Communism]]"]]
'''Racism''' is, by its most basic definition, the view that a perceived [[race]] has particular traits of inferiority in comparison to another race. Racism can also include the simple prejudice or discrimination against other ethnic or races. It is a core component of both [[colonialism]] and [[fascism]]. [[Capitalism]] uses racism and [[mysticism]] to defend itself because there is no rational way to defend inequality and [[exploitation]].<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2017|title=Red Star over the Third World|chapter=Colonial Fascism|page=104|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=New Delhi|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>
'''Racism''' is, by its most basic definition, the view that a perceived race has particular traits of inferiority in comparison to another race. Racism can also include the simple prejudice or discrimination against other ethnic or races. It is a core component of both [[colonialism]] and [[fascism]]. [[Capitalism]] uses racism and [[mysticism]] to defend itself because there is no rational way to defend inequality and [[exploitation]].<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2017|title=Red Star over the Third World|chapter=Colonial Fascism|page=104|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=New Delhi|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
 
* [[Race]]
* [[Nazism]]
* [[Nazism]]
* [[Genocide]]
* [[Genocide]]

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Signs in the United States in 1957 saying "Race Mixing is Communism"

Racism is, by its most basic definition, the view that a perceived race has particular traits of inferiority in comparison to another race. Racism can also include the simple prejudice or discrimination against other ethnic or races. It is a core component of both colonialism and fascism. Capitalism uses racism and mysticism to defend itself because there is no rational way to defend inequality and exploitation.[1]

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  1. Vijay Prashad (2017). Red Star over the Third World: 'Colonial Fascism' (p. 104). [PDF] New Delhi: LeftWord Books.