“ Race has no genetic basis. It is not biological.As the race Idea evolved, white superiority became “common sense” in white America. It rationalized not only slavery but also the extermintaion of Indians, exclusion of Asian Immigrants, and the taking of Mexican lands by a nation that otherwise professed a deep belief in liberty and equality. Racial practices became institutionalized in American government, laws & society" -www.newsreel.org