Question

How did European colonizers use systemic racism to justify their cruelty to Indigenous people?(1 point)

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

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

European colonizers believed they were “superior” to no one, which justified their cruelty.

European colonizers were not racist or cruel to Indigenous people.

Answer 1

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

They used beliefs of racial superiority to shape laws, policies, and cultural narratives that justified dispossession, forced labor, and violence against Indigenous peoples.