Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Scientific Racism (think relationship between science and race in 1800’s)

Scientific Racism (think relationship between science and race in 1800’s): This is the idea that science was constantly looking for a real difference between whites and blacks, so that is what science found. Books like Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes by Edward Topsell were being distributed with what appeared to be scientific evidence but was not really based in good sound science.

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