Tag Archives: Enlightenment

Weekend reading. Slate chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie set off a heated online debate with a series of tweets[1] claiming “the concept of race was birthed by the Enlightenment,”[2] which then sparked a full-length article fleshing out his position.[3] His key claim is that colonialism, slavery, imperialism, and racism in general were not “incidental developments or the mere remnants of earlier prejudice.” Race as we understand it—a biological taxonomy that turns physical...

In 6 seconds.[embedded content]Keep up the good work, Noam.