George Fredrickson
Historian
George Fredrickson (1934-2008) was the Edgar E. Robinson Emeritus Professor of History at Stanford University.
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How is racism different from prejudice?
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Is there a distinction between race and racism?
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Why are there different levels of advancement in varying countries by race?
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Why were black people written about so negatively in biblical-era writings?
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What role has the Bible played in the construction of racial inequalities?
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Is the caste system in India racialized?
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What is the origin of the word "race?"
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Slavery is long over, how does race affect us today?
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How do we dispel racist ideology?
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Are people who are similar naturally drawn to one another?
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How is racism distinct from ethnocentrism?
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How does the U.S. history of race and slavery compare to slavery in the rest of world history?
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Didn't the Founding Fathers oppose slavery?
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Why was a racist ideology so easy for white America to accept and internalize?
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Why were only Africans enslaved?
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Has race always been with us?
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