Invention of the white race

Tom Condit tomcondit at igc.apc.org
Thu May 28 11:10:57 PDT 1998


Two slight factual corrections to Kenneth Mostern's post on this:

1. The label "Hottentot" applies not to Bantu peoples, but to the Khoi-San peoples.

2. In Louisiana, of course, they did have the elaborate French system of gradations -- mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, etc.

Tom C.



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