of how each race coped with oppression and domination. The cultures of the different races are further constructions that evolved from the initial construction of racial differences made hundreds of years ago.Hundreds of years ago racial differences were used as excuses for domination. As Cornel West put it, it was the "intellectual legitimacy of white supremacy." This genetic reasoning provided the basis for the social and cultural construction of the present. However, if race and racism are mere social structures or constructions of American society, then it is possible to deconstruct this institution. In order to reject these old ideas that perpetuate racism, the oppressed must show agency and resistance, and use their cultures to overturn the racist ideas through educating the pollution that what makes us different does not make us inferior. ...
