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nekare at 10:11pm on 20/04/2008
nekare at 10:11pm on 20/04/2008I stumbled into some awful white supremacist crap disguised as 'scientific research' while getting info for fic, and oh man, but I'm so pissed. It devalues the achievements of pretty much every single race ever if it wasn't a white one, pretty much talks about black societies in Africa as being in the 'stone age' and claims that not only did Latin American prehispanic cultures flowered thanks to 'white influence' (wtf), but we're also 'undeveloped' because 'white people didn't colonize it properly'. First, yes we were, the Spanish are mostly white, dude, and second, you mean decent, English speaking people didn't come and kill every single inhabitant, to prevent that nasty race intermixing, huh? Asshole.
It also calls Egyptians white, which is mostly just a bit wtf. BUT ARGH. So infuriating.
It also calls Egyptians white, which is mostly just a bit wtf. BUT ARGH. So infuriating.
pissed off
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There are times when I do research for *insert appropriate geeky purpose here* and come away feeling so grossed out by someone's opinion I feel in need of a shower.
Sounds like that's how you feel.
My (very vague) understanding of the Egyptian social system is that the more prominent you were, the lighter your skin needed to be to show that you weren't out toiling in the sun. But they weren't white.
Snarl.
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Mmm, that makes sense.
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