How Racial discrimination was formed?

Racial discrimination has existed since the time that more than one culture interacted with one another.  By examining any of the ancient civilizations, it can be seen how one race would discriminate against another.  For example, the Ancient Egyptians (not by any means the first culture of Earth, but a good example, none the less) discriminated against the Middle Eastern people from regions we now know as the "Middle East", or Israel, Iran, Iraq, etc.  During the time of the Ancient Egyptian rule, the people of the Middle East were finding themselves invaded by the expanding Egyptian rule.  As the Egyptians invaded and found this culture based on Judaism, they found it lower than their own and enslaved them.  The Egyptians took the Jews they captured back to Egypt and these people were forced into a slavery form.

To look at another form of racial discrimination, we can look at the various groups of any of the ancient countries in general.  THe other user choose to use Asia, specifically China, so I will look at the European heirarchy.  In the early days of Europe, it is well known and understood there was a class system that had the monarchies at the top, followed by the nobles, then the peasantry, and lastly the servants.  While some may argue this is not a racial discrimination, in a since it is.  During these times, a peasant may well have had yellow skin and orange eyes when compared to a noble.  The class systems were very stiffly defined and it was extremely difficult for upward mobility, although not fully impossible.  This is a good time to point out that racial discrimination is not nearly as concrete as we would believe.  In any and every culture, a person of the discriminated race would be fully able to gain a status percieved as above them simply by doing something unique.  Look at people such as Fredrick Douglass or MOses even.  These people were part of the minority but still rose to gain respect.

Racial discrimination is an aspect of human culture.  It seems to be as natural as breathing to humans that we should deem one ethnic group or race as being above or below another.  As saddening as it is, it can be found back into the earliest days.

*all this information came from history texts I have from my history major in education. One is the HIstory of Africa and the other is a book on World Civilization.