European colonizers used systemic racism to justify their cruelty to Indigenous peoples by molding their societies and institutions to benefit themselves, often at the expense of those they colonized. They propagated beliefs of racial superiority, which dehumanized Indigenous populations and rationalized exploitation, violence, and discrimination. This ideology was embedded in legal systems, social norms, and economic practices, allowing colonizers to maintain power and control while portraying their actions as a civilizing mission. Such systemic racism facilitated practices like land dispossession, forced assimilation, and cultural erasure, framing them as necessary for the supposed advancement of "lesser" races.
How did European colonizers use systemic racism to justify their cruelty to Indigenous people?
European colonizers believed they were "superior" to no one, which justified their cruelty.
O European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit Indigenous people, not others.
O European colonizers were not racist or cruel to Indigenous people.
O European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit themselves, not others.
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