The idea that racism could help sustain a social structure challenges my instinctive belief that it exists only to hinder progress, growth, and critical thought. However, as Memmi (1965) argues, colonialism is inseparable from racism; without it, the colonial order could not survive. While deeply uncomfortable, this acknowledgment forces me to consider how societies organize themselves and how social order—however unjust—becomes normalized and reproduced. Racism, in this cont