"Red, choleric, upright; black, straight, thick hair; nostrils flared; face freckled; beardless chin; stubborn, zealous, free; painting themself with red lines; governed by habit.White, sanguine, muscular; with yellowish, long hair; blue eyes; gentle, acute, inventive; covered with close vestments; governed by customs.Yellow, melancholic, stiff; black hair, dark eyes; austere, haughty, greedy; covered with loose clothing; governed by beliefs.Black, phlegmatic, relaxed; black, frizzled hair; silky skin, flat nose, tumid lips; females with elongated labia; mammary glands give milk abundantly; sly, lazy, negligent; anoints themself with grease; governed by caprice."
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Carl Linnaeus, Systema Naturae (1767)
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Scientific racism
or biological racism, referred to by its supporters as racialism, race realism, or race science, is the unsubstantiated belief that the can be subdivided into biologically distinct called races, and that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racial differences or discrimination. Before the mid-20th century, scientific racism was accepted throughout the scientific community, but is now rejected by the modern scientific consensus.
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