Lobenstein-Reichmann, Anja2022-05-192022-05-192021https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/kwg-2021-0021https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/19239Racism is a social practice not only of present days. It has a long tradition. Regarding the history of racism, it is obvious that its concept is not based on biological knowledge and perception. Quite the contrary, it is the result of a verbal and social construction that appeared in the 18th century at the latest. This article focuses on the way this construction was and still is implemented in dis-courses of modern societies. Especially “degradation ceremonies” (Garfinkel, below) will be taken into account when observing historical examples.deuRassismusBegriffsgeneseracism30080010.2478/kwg-2021-002110.25969/mediarep/182512451-1765