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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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| == By humans ==
| | 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]]'') |
| While visiting [[Regency era|Regency]] [[London]] in [[1814]], [[Bill Potts]] was subjected to racist (as well as sexist) remarks from Lord [[Sutcliffe]], referring to her as a "creature" and demanding she "show respect in the presence of [her] betters". The [[Twelfth Doctor]] responded by [[punch]]ing him in the face, knocking him down. ([[TV]]: ''[[Thin Ice (TV story)|Thin Ice]]'')
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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 (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') She also feared that she would be carted off as a slave in [[Elizabethan]] [[England]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code]]'')
| | [[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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| In [[1941]], during the [[Second World War]], [[2008]] native [[Toshiko Sato]] was insulted by [[American]]s in [[the Ritz]] dance hall because she was [[Japanese]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')
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| In [[1963]], a sign hanging in the window of [[Mrs Smith]]'s [[Shoreditch]] 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 (TV story)|Ghost Light]]'')
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| In [[2009]], 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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| [[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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| [[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 where she came. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Toy Soldiers (novel)|Toy Soldiers]]'')
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| [[Dahh-Ren]] briefly branded [[Bill Potts]] a racist after the latter expressed surprise at his [[blue]] [[skin]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Oxygen (TV story)|Oxygen]]'')
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| == Amongst other species ==
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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]]'')
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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 him to go finish destroying the universe, despite his claims to have never fought in the war. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|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 (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
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| According to the [[Fifth Doctor]], the [[Pakhar]]s found the term "[[rodent people]]" extremely offensive, even racist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Nekromanteia (audio story)|Nekromanteia]]'')
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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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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| ''The Black and White Minstrel Show'' was known for its racism in the [[1970s]]. Controversially, [[Alpha Centauri (The Curse of Peladon)|Alpha Centauri]] made a guest appearance in [[1972 (releases)|1972]].
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