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re: Is being racist always wrong?

Posted on 4/27/14 at 8:52 am to
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 4/27/14 at 8:52 am to
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Racial taxonomy and hierarchy since antiquity?

uh, yeah

the Greeks claim Africans were burnt by the sun. that is an easy example of racial taxonomy and hierarchy
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 4/27/14 at 9:20 am to
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uh, yeah

the Greeks claim Africans were burnt by the sun. that is an easy example of racial taxonomy and hierarchy


True. On the other hand, our racial distinctions were meaningless to the Hebrews. Sub-Saharan Africa was known to them but skin color was irrelevant. There were practicing Jews in Ethiopia at the time of Jesus, and 600 years earlier a Cush-ite was an officer in Jehoiakim's court.
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