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"Ch 1 & 2 are an overview of prior history of ancient Greece and "climate theory" of Aristotle and the Genesis 9:18-29 curse of Ham as the early roots of racism. It then moves into the slave trade of Portugal with Zuarara, Ibn Khaldun, Las Casas, a Leo Africanus' writings and their effect on the roots of modern racism." — Nov 09, 2018 10:30PM
"Ch 1 & 2 are an overview of prior history of ancient Greece and "climate theory" of Aristotle and the Genesis 9:18-29 curse of Ham as the early roots of racism. It then moves into the slave trade of Portugal with Zuarara, Ibn Khaldun, Las Casas, a Leo Africanus' writings and their effect on the roots of modern racism." — Nov 09, 2018 10:30PM
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is on page 30 of 592 of Stamped from the Beginning: Ch 1 & 2 are an overview of prior history of ancient Greece and "climate theory" of Aristotle and the Genesis 9:18-29 curse of Ham as the early roots of racism. It then moves into the slave trade of Portugal with Zuarara, Ibn Khaldun, Las Casas, a Leo Africanus' writings and their effect on the roots of modern racism.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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“We should not be too quick to dismiss our own [ocular] arrangement. As so often in biology, the situation is more complex.....we have the advantage that our own light-sensitive cells are embedded directly in their support cells (the retinal pigment epithelium) with an excellent blood supply immediately underneath. Such an arrangement supports the continuous turnover of photosensitive pigments. The human retina consumes even more oxygen than the brain, per gram, making it the most energetic organ in the body.”
― Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
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