How did European colonizers use systemic racism to justify their cruelty to Indigenous people?(1 point)
Responses
European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit Indigenous people, 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 believed they were “superior” to no one, which justified their cruelty.
European colonizers were not racist or cruel to Indigenous people.
European colonizers were not racist or cruel to Indigenous people.
European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit themselves, not others.
European colonizers molded their society and institutions to benefit themselves, not others.
This answer is correct. European colonizers used systemic racism to justify their cruelty to Indigenous people by creating a hierarchical society where they believed themselves to be superior to Indigenous people. This belief in their own superiority allowed them to dehumanize and exploit Indigenous people, justifying acts of cruelty and oppression. They used this systemic racism to justify land theft, forced labor, forced conversion to Christianity, and other forms of violence and subjugation against Indigenous peoples.