Racism is the belief that one race is less human than another race. This means that a person may believe that a person does not have human traits because they have a different skin color, speak a different language, have different customs or whatever. discriminate against her as being different. In chapter seven of The Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics, the author explains that the concept of what a human being is is difficult to define. The author expands on the definition of the term “human” by saying that it all depends on perspective. She writes that there was a time in human existence when people distinguished between friends and enemies. If someone was their friend, they would use the term "human", but if they were your enemy, they would be considered a beast, or less than human. This beast, or less than human concept, is what Derek and many people associate with another race. Derek considered people of other ethnicities to be scum and, therefore, only considered the white race to be