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Racism - the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races
Argument #1: Yes, there were racists in 1776 because there were people who believed that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Argument #2: No, there were not any racists in 1776 because white superiority was the the prevailing scientific theory at the time. Because scientists believed white superiority to be true, neither they nor anyone else was racist.
Argument #1: Yes, there were racists in 1776 because there were people who believed that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
Argument #2: No, there were not any racists in 1776 because white superiority was the the prevailing scientific theory at the time. Because scientists believed white superiority to be true, neither they nor anyone else was racist.