The issue of racial and national differences at all times occupied the minds of many people, but its decision took a variety of forms: from restrained nationalism to aggressive racism and apartheid politics.
Ideology and worldview
Nationalism in the traditional sense is an ideology that claims that a nation is the most important value in the state, because it is the highest level of social unification. There is nothing wrong with this type of nationalism, since it merely aims to form a strong state based on the unity of the nation, the priority of its interests, the value of its history and culture.
Unfortunately, in the modern language the concept of "nationalism" is increasingly confused with chauvinism or xenophobia, which are characterized by an aggressive attitude towards representatives of other nations. In fact, intolerance towards other nationalities is not at all a mandatory sign of nationalism.
While nationalism is an ideology, racism is more a worldview, the main feature of which is the idea of the superiority of one race over others. This superiority may relate to cultural development, intellectual or physical abilities of race representatives, moral values and moral standards. A characteristic feature of racism is the assertion that the races of people were originally divided into higher and lower.
