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A RACE SPACE

A place to openly and anonymously ask questions about race.

Brandon Guichard
Dec 28, 2020
Edited: Dec 28, 2020

To Any Historians Out There: What was the science used to justify racism?

I always hear about psuedo-science used to justify racism in the past but I've never seen any of the specific claims in them. Anyone know of any?

Melissa Maxwell
Jan 3

Drapetomania comes to mind. Because why, oh, why would a slave ever run away from Massa?