Why Are White People Called Caucasian?
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 Published On Feb 9, 2018

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
The Geometer of Race: http://discovermagazine.com/1994/nov/...
Early Classifications of Nature: http://www.understandingrace.org/hist...
Why Are White People Called Caucasian?: http://mentalfloss.com/article/50202/...
Why Do We Keep Using The Word Caucasian?: https://www.sapiens.org/column/race/c...
The use of dubious science to defend racism is as old as the Founding Fathers: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion...

PRONUNCIATION SOURCES
Caucasus Mountains: https://forvo.com/word/caucasus_mount...
Scythian: https://forvo.com/word/scythian/#en
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach: https://forvo.com/word/johann_friedri...

PHOTO SOURCES
Snow: Emmanuel Boutet
Blumenbach: Hugo Bürkner
Blumenbach’s Skulls: Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Slaves Unloading Ice In Cuba: Samuel Griswold Goodrich

"Anamalie" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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