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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm saying that belief in a hierarchical view of human ethnic groups was absolutely mainstream anthropology in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and was only amplified by Darwin's publication of his book "The Descent of Man".
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I take no issue with that statement. Nowhere does it suggest that such views were "acceptable." I'm down with "mainstream." What I'm saying is that no person of conscience used such hierarchical views to hate, subjugate or disenfranchise.