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Part One: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism

Behind the Bastards

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How Does Phrenology Start to Spread Outside of the Streets?

Morton and crania Americana divided North America's human beings into four separate species including whites Native Americans and Africans. He rejected the idea that people's environment and culture might have any impact on the way they looked or think. This view of Native American existence in society is not conducive to industrialization and progress helped justify Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policies.

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