The Universality of Racism Since sin is universal, racism is universal. This irrefutable historical and cultural fact is seen in the innate tribalism of Africa, casteism of India, oligarchy of Europe, and renewed racism in America. It is because of this systemic sinful racism in the heart of every human that history has experienced regular bloody manifestations of racial war, ethnic cleansing, tribal genocide, etc. In previous centuries, the sin of racial superiority was almost globally manifested through colonialism, which often put a cloak of civilization over racism. But sadly, that same racist spirit has continued in many of these same countries just as viciously through many forms of nationalism. These homegrown movements of nationalism often became little more than legalized dictatorships that were worse than what the colonialists had imposed, especially on those of other tribes
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