Ethnic conflicts

Conflict between racial and ethnic groups has been a problem throughout history, and is still a major problem today. Three underlying reasons for conflict between racial and ethnic groups are religious differences, racist upbringings of children, and a history of conflicts between racial and ethnic groups.
Religious differences have brought about conflict from as far back as the start of recorded history. Religious differences brought conflict during the times of Jesus Christ, and are well evidenced in the Bible. During the Crusades, battles were fought as a result of religious differences, in an effort to spread Christianity throughout.
Of course, ethnic divisions do lead to violent conflict in some instances. Violence may even be so severe that partition is the only workable solution. Yet this extreme response has not been required in most cases in which ethnic divisions have existed. Making sense of when ethnic differences generate conflict and knowing how best to attempt to prevent or respond to them when they do requires a deeper understanding of how ethnicity works.