Racist belief that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds

Manliness & civilization : a cultural history of gender and race in the United States, 1880-1917 / Gail Bederman.

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Manliness & civilization : a cultural history of gender and race in the United States, 1880-1917 / Gail Bederman.