How are power and politics connected? According to this week's reading, what are some ways racism became intertwined with Locke's Social Contract theory in America?

1. Power and politics are intrinsically linked as politics is the process by which power is distributed and exercised within a society. Power is the ability to influence or control the behavior of people, and politics involves the mechanisms and strategies through which this influence is achieved and maintained.2. According to this week's reading, racism became intertwined with Locke's Social Contract theory in America through the exclusion of non-white individuals from the social contract. Locke's theory, which emphasized the consent of the governed and the protection of natural rights, was applied selectively, justifying the disenfranchisement and subjugation of African Americans and other minorities, thus embedding racial inequality into the political and social framework of the nation.