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25 genealogical proofs of this sort were a compulsory requirement to join the military forces and to seek admission in all of the important colleges and universities. Some applicants were compelled to go through legal processes which lasted for years with all attendant expenses before a proper genealogy could be drawn up. Others resorted to perjury to gain posts, thus involving themselves and all their witnesses in heavy fines and infamy when the tribunal discovered their “crime” of “impure” ancestry. Frequently, applicants were disabled simply by the malicious gossip of enemies because even rumours of “impurity” were at times accepted by the courts as valid evidence. Genealogy became a social weapon and in a society where the genealogical proof was one’s only passport to a career in the Church and State, it may be safely assumed that racism was an integral part of the system of government. The importance of the infamy that was attached to racial “impurity” cannot be exaggerated. The honour of a Spaniard lay in his religion and his race. If either of these were disputed, it would bring shame and disgrace upon himself, his family and all his descendants ¹

This systematic and methodical exclusion of all non-European races, nationalities and cultures from participation in European culture on a plane of social equality has been the consistent and dominant policy of western civilization throughout its history. The United States of America was proudly proclaimed by its founders as a “great land of opportunity.” States the American Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) which is supposed to embody the highest ideals of secular, humanistic democracy:

We hold these truths to be self-evident — that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any