Scientists weren\u2019t the first to divide humanity along racial \u2013 and and racist \u2013 lines. But for hundreds of years, racial scientists claimed to provide proof for those racist hierarchies \u2013 and some still do.
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\n\nResources for this episode:
\n\nFatal Invention, by Dorothy Roberts
\n\nThe History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter