I just listened to the clip where you discuss the history of racism in America. I agree completely with your summary. As to the question you raise about why slavery and racism persisted for as long as it did, I would posit that it had a lot to do with Darwinian ideas as laid out in his book, “The Descent of Man”, where he refrains from actually ranking races, but sets the foundation for doing so. As his ideas were further developed, others had no compunctions and explicitly set up rankings with blacks just above animals and Northern Europeans at the top. In his newly published book, “ Darwinian Racism, How Darwinism Influenced Naziism, Racism, and White Nationalism”, Richard Weikart clearly documents this using primary sources. I would highly recommend this book because we are still dealing with these deep ceded ideas today. Another recommendation I would make is a powerful documentary video I saw on YouTube called “Human Zoos”. It was difficult to watch, but it clearly demonstrates the cultural and scientific ideas about race in the late 19th and early 20th century.
I just listened to the clip where you discuss the history of racism in America. I agree completely with your summary. As to the question you raise about why slavery and racism persisted for as long as it did, I would posit that it had a lot to do with Darwinian ideas as laid out in his book, “The Descent of Man”, where he refrains from actually ranking races, but sets the foundation for doing so. As his ideas were further developed, others had no compunctions and explicitly set up rankings with blacks just above animals and Northern Europeans at the top. In his newly published book, “ Darwinian Racism, How Darwinism Influenced Naziism, Racism, and White Nationalism”, Richard Weikart clearly documents this using primary sources. I would highly recommend this book because we are still dealing with these deep ceded ideas today. Another recommendation I would make is a powerful documentary video I saw on YouTube called “Human Zoos”. It was difficult to watch, but it clearly demonstrates the cultural and scientific ideas about race in the late 19th and early 20th century.