1. Why does McIntosh start her essay by saying "I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group."? Why is this important for her to say?

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Explanation:

This quote is meant to give a proper definition of racism. The simple and wrong definition of racism is important to someone because he is a particular caste. White people use this definition to support the notion of "reverse-racism" that is not what racism is. I often see the use of reverse-racism on social media because a white person suffers from a joke that mocks their thin lips or greasy hair

trade regulation is a field of law, often bracketed with antitrust (as in the phrase “antitrust and trade regulation law”), including government regulation of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive business acts or practices. antitrust law is often considered a subset of trade regulation law. franchise and distribution law, consumer protection law, and advertising law are sometimes considered parts of trade regulation law.

in general the theory of economics says that the more open to trade a country is the better   the result for the same country and the whole economies.

in real life countries impose taxes, quotas, etc which is not so good for the economies.

this kind of commercial war between the usa and china is slowing down the growth of the whole world so we can say that it is a draw back of trade regulations. and the free trade agreements are benefits of trade regulations.

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