I think it was because we really don't know what exactly happened in the past.
Also, I'm pretty sure people did not keep track of colored people back then.
<span>There are several terms that are indicative of the tendency to get away from the unknown, including:
Aversion to ambiguity
Clustering illusion
Anchoring and adjustment
Recency bias
Availability bias</span>
Explanation:
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Homogamy.
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