it's interesting to note that de gobineau, one of the first scientific racist ideologues, came from the aristocratic class after their fall from power. it seems race often is a bulwark or proxy against the loss of class position
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De Gobineau argued that the French aristocracy were descended from a different race than the French peasants, amazing stuff lol
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His English counterparts in 1840s and 1850s argued Anglo-Saxons and Irish were two different species, incapable of producing healthy children if they mate.
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