2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "income equality is the solution to racism. Any minority of ANY type knows that simply not true." [View all]Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)it was lust for their land and precious minerals that fueled racism.
It's much easier to conquer and abuse a people once you have demonized them but it was greed that drove it.
As I posted in the above article, Americans aren't different from other peoples when it comes to the human frailties of envy, greed, resentment, hate and fear, this is universal and the author in the U. N. Report has studied societies around the world.
Having said that, there has always been a core of people that resent others that aren't like them, this human frailty is played on and magnified to suit or justify economic exploitation by those in power.
Racism wasn't invented in America but that seed was fertilized, pruned and watered in to a toxic plant for economic reasons.
Racism, poverty and unbridled greed are inextricably linked.