Saini 2

Small World

Race was assumed by Europeans to be geographical, not permanent, until scientists began to classify species in the 18th century

Much curiosity (both scientific and popular) about other races in the 19th century

• lack of respect for other cultures
• lack of sense of common humanity

Sarah/Saartjie Baartman
Ota Benga

Colonialism and slavery were justified by theories of racial difference: Race science

Darwin's theory of evolution put this on a different basis

p. 36: "The idea of race didn't make people treat other people as subhuman. They were already treated as subhuman before race was invoked. But once it was invoked, the subjugation took on a new force."