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re: Is being racist always wrong?
Posted on 4/27/14 at 8:47 am to miamiman55
Posted on 4/27/14 at 8:47 am to miamiman55
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Massive efforts of assimilation and indoctrination, historically unparalleled in terms of intention,and the documented invention of race with which it coincided,were taken to keep up appearances I suppose?
I'm just going to throw this out there to foster discussion and see the responses.
Assuming that all peoples of the Earth were on this planet roughly the same amount of time, what factors caused the situation where the people of Africa and North America were so VASTLY behind the rest of the world(not just the whites) in terms of technological advancement?
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Posted on 4/27/14 at 9:25 am to ShortyRob
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Assuming that all peoples of the Earth were on this planet roughly the same amount of time, what factors caused the situation where the people of Africa and North America were so VASTLY behind the rest of the world(not just the whites) in terms of technological advancement?
Higher population density for one. It forced Europeans to be more creative.
When Columbus first landed in North America, the population of the present-day US was about 3 million. That made it very easy to just live off the land.
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