If racism was so widespread in the American continent in the past, why did the governments never attempted a genocide?

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jschooltiger

The American government, and governments before it, did commit genocide, most particularly against Native Americans -- you may be interested in these older threads from u/snapshot52 on the American Indian genocides:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6kywre/monday_methods_american_indian_genocide_denial/

and

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6mg3j3/monday_methods_american_indian_genocide_denial/