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On the ‘Fear of Genetic Annihilation.’

In 1896 the [United States] Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson legalized racial segregation, so that a legally racialized nation was confirmed. Notions of the race inferiority of non-European-origin populations stemmed from the fear of the genetic annihilation* of European-origin populations. Northern European intellectuals feared racial annihilation by way of miscegenation with non-European populations,…… Continue reading On the ‘Fear of Genetic Annihilation.’

A Norman Knight and his Lady

page 199 of Sex and Race Volume 1 shows an image of a Norman Knight with his lady. The Black man as a Norman Knight directly conflicts with the slave narrative we are presented of Black people. Who is this Knight? What is his name? How did he become a knight? Who is his lady?… Continue reading A Norman Knight and his Lady

page 199 of Sex and Race Volume 1 shows an image of a Norman Knight with his lady. The Black man as a Norman Knight directly conflicts with the slave narrative we are presented of Black people. Who is this Knight? What is his name? How did he become a knight? Who is his lady?…… Continue reading A Norman Knight and his Lady

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