"According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first appearance in print of the adjective white in reference to “a white man, a person of a race distinguished by a light complexion” was in 1671."
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
"Colonial charters and other official documents written in the 1600s and early 1700s rarely refer to European colonists as white."
The Invention of Race - beta.prx.org/stories/218457… via @prx
"I am Nigerian because a white man created Nigeria and gave me that identity. I am black because the white man constructed black to be as different as possible from his white. But I was Igbo before the white man came."
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Naming Names: The Invention of Race
The White People Who Invented a Myth Called Race
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The White People Who Invented a Myth Called Race
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Race is indeed a myth, but #RACISM is a reality. Simply put, to be race-conscious is to be aware of that reality and its consequences to society.
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