Is This a Little Bit Crazy?

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Slavery came first, not the other way. It's easier for people to think about it as a matter of tudes and not understanding. In colonial america and the usa, is this a little bit crazy? We need to understand that, because folks om crazy. Will be hearing more from all of them in the next episode.

For much of human history, people viewed themselves as members of tribes or nations but had no notion of “race.” Today, science deems race biologically meaningless. Who invented race as we know it, and why? By John Biewen, with guest Chenjerai Kumanyika.

Photo: The Monument to the Discoveries, Lisbon, Portugal. The highlighted figure in the center is an effigy of Gomes Eanes de Zurara. The figure at the top right is Prince Henry the Navigator. Photo by Harvey Barrison.