Racism is the belief that one race is less human than another race. This means that a person may believe that someone does not have human traits because they have a different skin color, speak a different language, have different customs, or anything that may discriminate them as 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 elaborates on the definition of “human” by saying that everything depends on perspective. He writes that there was a time in human existence when people distinguished between friends and enemies. If someone were his friend, he would use the term “human,” but if he were your enemy, he 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, consequently, only the white race was considered scum