subjugation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of subjugating.
2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

   “Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?”