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=What were racism like before our time? Was it different from what it is like today? =

=== === === The british empire had several colonies in Africa, and they a slave trade that lasted for a long time. The british empire transported over 3.5 Million black slaves across the atlantic to America. To accomplish this, the british colonies built big forts in the west coast on the west coast of Africa. [2] ===

They sold the slaves to wealthy people, and made big profits from the slave trade.
=== The ships they used to transfer slaves from one place to another can remind you of what the jews went through during world war II. They basically had no space to move and bad hygienic conditions. This lead to higher mortality-rate and lots of slaves died on these ships. 1 of 7 slaves died during the trip with the ships. They almost didn't get any food as well.[2] ===

To make a summary, racism was very different from what is it now. The racism was on a whole different level from what it is today, and they can't really be compared with eachother.
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Sources: [|Wikipedia - Racism] (23rd March, last updated 20th March at 16.04) [1] [|Wikipedia - The British Empire] (23rd March, last updated 16th March 2011 at 16.39) [2] [|Discrimination at work] (5th April, last updated 5th April 2011) [3] [|Wikipedia - Ku Klux Klan] (5th April, last updated 22th March 2011 at 11.57) [4]