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| '''Racism''' was the idea that all members of a race were superior or inferior to another race. An individual with this belief was known as a '''racist'''. Some words used to humiliate other races were also described as racist. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') | | '''"Blackamoor"''' was an archaic and generally offensive term used to refer to dark skinned people usually of [[African]] ancestry. |
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| The [[Dalek]]s' belief in their innate superiority and need to maintain their racial purity led to inevitable conflict between the [[Imperial Dalek]]s and the [[Renegade Dalek]]s. As [[Ace]] succinctly put it, "They hate each others' [[chromosome]]s. War to the death." ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | | The [[14th century]] [[knight]] [[Mulberry]] initially described the African American soldier [[Floyd]], who he came across having been transported to the [[American Civil War]], as a blackamoor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)|Renaissance of the Daleks]]'') |
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| [[Time Lord]]s had become hated by the universe due to the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. [[Cass (The Night of the Doctor)|Cass]] instantly hated the Doctor when he told her he was a Time Lord, refusing to be rescued by him and telling to go finish destroying the universe, despite his claims to have never fought in the war. (TV: ''[[The Night of the Doctor]]'') Even Clara Oswald was disgusted with the Time Lords, calling them monsters who had to hide out at the end of time because the rest of the universe hated them. (TV: ''[[Hell Bent]]'') | | [[Martha Jones]] was shocked to hear [[William Shakespeare]] describe her as a "delicious blackamoor lady." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'') |
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| A sign hanging in the window of [[Mrs Smith]]'s boarding-house read "NO COLOUREDS", which [[Ace]] seemed to be disturbed by. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
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| The house of Ace's friend [[Manisha Purkayastha]] was firebombed by racists in [[1983]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Light]]'')
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| [[Jeff Shrubb]] was accused of stirring up racism, [[sexism]] and [[homophobia]] on [[Olleril]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tragedy Day (novel)|Tragedy Day]]'')
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| [[Roz Forrester]] found it difficult to understand the racism and sexism she experienced in [[1919]] [[Paris]], since such attitudes did not exist between [[human]]s in the [[30th century]] from were she came. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Soldiers (novel)|Toy Soldiers]]'')
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| While [[Martha Jones]] was working as a maid at the [[Farringham School for Boys]] in [[1913]], [[Hutchinson (TV character)|Hutchinson]] made several racist remarks to her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'') She also feared that she would be carted off as a slave in [[Elizabethan]] [[England]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
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| [[Freda]]'s house was burnt down by racists in [[2069]] because of her [[Ghosty|alien]] mother. She was saved by a member of [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]], who sent her back in time to [[2009]] via [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]'')
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| When [[Wilfred Mott]] remarked he was saved by the [[cactus]]es, the [[Tenth Doctor]] replied with, "That's Cacti", to which the [[Vinvocci]] exclaimed that it was racism. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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| According to the [[Fifth Doctor]], the [[Pakhar]]s found the term "[[rodent people]]" extremely offensive, even racist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nekromanteia]]'')
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| [[Toshiko Sato]] was insulted by Americans in the Dance Hall beacuase she was [[Japanese]]. ([[TV]]: [[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]])
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| == behind the scences ==
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| ''The Black and White Minstrel Show'' was known for it's racism in the [[1970s]]. Controversially, an [[Alpha Centauri]] made [[The Black and White Minstrel Show skit|a guest appearance]] in [[1972 (releases)|1972]].
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