Are We So Different?: The Hierarchy of Races, Socrates' Lie

ISBN-13: 9781412087063 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 120 str.

Aroll Exama

Opis

When looking at two horses (one black and the other white), we instinctively admire their elegance and their energy without any consideration for their colour. On the other hand, when looking at two men (one black and the other white), everything seems suddenly so different. Colour becomes the main criterion that will define and even classify them. Paradoxically, the pigment that gives the skin its dark colour (the criterion used to assign a negative value to human beings) plays an indispensable physiological role and generates huge profits for pharmaceutical corporations.
From this observation, one conclusion becomes self-evident: our perception of the colour of the skin is neither natural nor logical. It results from the confrontation of two opposite perspectives.
This book is a journey starting from the very roots of the racist ideology up to the latest scientific discoveries on the genetic identity of human beings.
For those who are willing to wear new glasses and take a different (science-based) look at people surrounding them, this book is a must.