Question

How did European colonizers use systemic racism to justify their cruelty to Indigenous people?(1 point)ResponsesEuropean colonizers believed they were “superior” to no one, which justified their cruelty.European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit Indigenous people, not others.European colonizers were not racist or cruel to Indigenous people.European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit themselves, not others.

Answer 1

European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit themselves, not others.

They used beliefs in racial superiority to create laws, policies, and social systems that dehumanized Indigenous people and justified violence, dispossession, and unequal treatment.