Civil Rights
Aug. 19, 2003
Initiative on Racial Privacy Will Thwart Bias Remedies
Forum Column - By Gary Phillips - In his landmark 1942 book, "Man's Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race," anthropologist Ashley Montagu argued that race was a specious concept, a social construct and not a legitimate demarcation among human beings. Montagu's works were cited by the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education , a case which invalidated racial segregation in public schools.
By Gary Phillips
In his landmark 1942 book, "Man's Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race," anthropolo...
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