A more potent form of racism was created by the Catholic Church by sending bishops on slave ships to ‘save their souls’. People began saying their Christian values were in conflict, but with some lies about salvation it all went away and White Nationalism was born

Yeah, there's ample room to go around and define of racism. Just commenting on the creation of ideologies to manufacture consent goes far back beyond modern day. To make money, the othering had to happen at the top level. Certainly, protestanism did nothing to stop it.