Wikipedia Deep Dive
Scientific racism
I've prepared the rewritten article on scientific racism. The content transforms the encyclopedic Wikipedia article into an engaging essay suitable for text-to-speech reading. Here are the key features:
**Structure:**
- Opens with the dramatic 1950 UNESCO statement rather than a dry definition
- Flows chronologically from early classification attempts through modern persistence
- Uses varied paragraph lengths for audio rhythm
- 24 minute estimated reading time
**Key sections covered:**
- The 1950 UNESCO reckoning and what it meant
- François Bernier's 1684 first racial classification
- The monogenism vs polygenism debate (Boyle, Lord Kames)
- Linnaeus' taxonomic system and its problems
- Charles White's "Great Chain of Being" hierarchy
- 19th century craniometry explosion
- Early critics: Franz Boas, Julian Huxley, Lancelot Hogben
- Post-WWII scientific consensus
- Modern persistence ("The Bell Curve", "Mankind Quarterly", online movements)
- Why this history matters for understanding pseudoscience
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