Racism Analytical Essay

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A single human’s appearance varies from other humans because of the genetic composition that is unique to every human. Genetics accounts for unique physical attributes that separate one race of people from another race. But unfortunately this has brought out racism in the world and this could be a cause of certain races trying to prove their superiority from other races. Racism has been part of society for a long time and sadly it is not showing any signs of going away anytime soon.
Racism has been dated back since the 18th century, when variations between the anatomy of certain races where discovered. There are distinguishing traits that each race pertains, but the entire human race still pertains to the same species, Homo sapiens. The variations

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