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Since the earliest days of colonialism in North America, an identifiable racial order has linked the system of political rule to the racial classification of individuals and groups.

- Omi & Winant, 1994, p. 79

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A review of the origins of racial classification dating back to the 1700’s in Europe.

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An examination of the ways in which racial classification was institutionalized in the founding of the United States.

3.

A connection to early racial classification and the way we understand and embody racial categories today.