Development of Racism in Modern Nation States

Racism is a worldwide social problem that was developed through prejudice and ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is the belief or assumption that your own cultural and/or societal group is the most superior. Some people believe that Caucasians are considered the most superior race because they have used racism and ethnocentrism to mold this belief. In the book "Who Do We Think We Are? Race and Nation in the Modern World," written by Philip Yale Nicholson, he offers a provocative explanation of the force and place of race in modern history, showing that race and nation have a linked history.…