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(2/2) Since the biological distinctions between different groups of Homo sapiens are, in fact, negligible, biology can't explain the intricacies of Indian society or American racial dynamics. We can only understand those phenomena by studying the events, circumstances, and power relations that transformed figments of imagination into cruel- and very real- social structures.
— Apr 25, 2021 11:04AM
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We study history... to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor inevitable, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine.
— May 19, 2021 06:11AM
Sabrina
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(1/2) Most sociopolitical hierarchies lack a logical or biological basis- they are nothing but the perpetuation of chance events supported by myths. That is one good reason to study history. If the division into blacks and whites or Brahmins and Shudras was grounded in biological realities- that is, if Brahmins really had better brains than Shudras- biology would be sufficient for understanding human society.
— Apr 25, 2021 11:04AM
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Unjust discrimination often gets worse, not better, with time. Money comes to money, and poverty to poverty. Education comes to education, and ignorance to ignorance. Those once victimized by history are likely to be victimized yet again. And those whom history has privileged are more likely to be privileged again.
— Apr 25, 2021 09:25AM
