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The Concept of Race. Alexa Weaver COMM1010. Ancient Egypt . Book of Gates During New Kingdom Era 18 th , 19 th , and 20 th Dynasties of Egypt Four noted races: Red (Ancient Egyptians) Yellow ( Asiatics ) White (Libyans) Black (Nubians). Ancient Greece/Rome. Hippocrates - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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History of Racism

Alexa WeaverCOMM1010The Concept of RaceAncient Egypt

Book of GatesDuring New Kingdom Era 18th, 19th, and 20th Dynasties of Egypt

Four noted races:Red (Ancient Egyptians)Yellow (Asiatics)White (Libyans)Black (Nubians)

Ancient Greece/RomeHippocratesClimate, Water Sources, Terrain, & Elevation affected mannerisms/characteristics

AristotleClimate attributed to physical appearance

Julian the ApostateStereotyped Ethnic GroupsMedieval TheoriesMix of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian ideasBabylonian TalmudShem (Asiatic)Ham (African)Japheth (Indo-European)

Race and IntelligenceCarl LinneausJohan BlumenbachJohn RaySystemae Naturae4 groups of humansWhiteBlackYellowRedCraniometry5 groups of humansCaucasian (white) Mongoloid (yellow)Malay (brown)Negroid (black)American (red)Blumenbachs Craniums

EugenicsThe self direction of human evolution.Francis GaltonNatural SelectionAdolf Hitler

Effects on AmericaSlavery (1619-1865)Plessy v. Fergusson (1896)Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

RaceSkin ColorMelaninSunlightThermal AdaptationsCold ClimatesHot Climates

Definition of Race: Geographically patterned physical differences among populations of the same species.

ConclusionHence those marks which distinguish men who inhabit different regions of the earth, are not original, but purely superficial. George Louis de Buffon