The nature and definition of racism have a long history and tradition. It has attracted lots of debates and theories from the academic and scientific community from various periods of time. This is partly due to the issue of defining the term which 'racism' is derived from, that is 'race'. This has implications on the understanding of various historical events that have been considered as having racism elements. Thus, this essay will discuss the definition …
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…his beliefs would be contradictory with a more modern scientific approach to the term 'race' by Kant. This issue on the Jews as a race will be mentioned again later in the discussion. Thus, it requires careful analysis of contemporary political struggles and identification in order to define the categorization of race. Therefore, the meaning of race is a matter of social interpretation not just a fact of biology or genetic (Donald & Rattansi, 1992:1).