"Racism" in America began in the early 1600s when the English were in need of a cheap, durable labor source to build colonial foundations that they themselves were not capable of building. The concept of slavery was not unknown in the world, but the lack of morality involved in institutionalizing such a concept required justification.
In order to make slavery morally justifiable, economic interests came up with the concept of discrimination based on the color of one's skin. …
