What is the definition of racism, and what are the roots of this concept?

Belief that different races have different qualities that deme them inferior or superior. I would say that when I think about the origins of racism I think back to the Enlightenment. In that time period the concept of Natural Law emerged. The whites saw themselves superior to blacks, they (whites) said it was because the universe named them the superior race. This mindset gave rise to ideas such as “paternalism” and the white savior ideology that whites are the race that is supposed to “save” the “inferiors”.

If you are talking about typical sand you would find at the beach or in a river bed here on earth, there are some differences. i would say the first biggest difference is in composition and mineral make up. although the moon is largely made of the same materials as earth’s mantle and surface, the moon experiences very little weathering (no liquid water and virtually no atmosphere). “earth” sand is typically composed mostly of quartz grains. this is because quartz is highly resistant to both physical and chemical weathering. most of the other minerals originally with the quartz are broken down into fine clay and carried away, chemically eroded/ dissolved, or some combination of the two. this usually leaves only the quartz behind, and so most of the time when you see/think of sand, you are talking about quartz. without these weathering mechanisms on the moon, the “sand” (which is likely more silt or clay sized grains anyways) would consist of mostly other minerals like anorthosite, olivine, and proxene.

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