The Ongoing Ideological War in Anthropology

Before 1900, Anthropology was dominated by either right-leaning, moderate or apolitical amateurs & professionals trained in other fields of Science (mostly Medicine), Proto-Anthropology goes back to the Classical Age, mainly by members of the Mediterranean race (Romans, Greeks, Persians, & Arab-Berbers), the first Caucasoids to "discover the other races" were Marco Polo, Al-Biruni, & Ibn Khaldun, the Bible only talks about the different Caucasoid groups around the Eastern Mediterranean, but there was mention about the Ethiopians, which is known, that the peoples of the Horn of Africa were a ancient Negroid & Caucasoid hybrid population, which is why many Creationist race deniers often talk about "god made us in his image, only with different skin colors" because different races like Amerindians, East Asians, Sub-Saharan Africans (unmixed ones), Polynesians, & Australoids (unmixed ones) were not discovered until after 1000 years after the death of Jesus, the only mixed races known to the Bible were the Indians or South Asians (mixed Australoid & Caucasoid) & Ethiopians or East Africans (mixed Negroid & Caucasoid), after the discovery of the New World by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who sailed for Spain, & the Iberian powers (Spain & Portugal) established control of the non-European world, after the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494, by the Iberian Powers (Spain & Portugal) & the Pope, which resulted in the Amerindians being converted to Catholicism, however the Spanish inquisition, resulted in the New Christians (except for many Sephardic Jews in Portugal), being expelled from the Iberian Peninsula, forcing the Amerindians into Hispanization, many Morsico (Moorish Christians, mainly of Iberian origin, with some Arab-Berber ancestry), & Conversos (Sephardi Jews who are mixed Levantine & Iberian ancestry) migrated to the Americas, which resulted in many Latinos today having New Christian ancestry, including myself, as I'm 1/16 to 1/8 Morisco, by blood, it also resulted in Northern Europeans (starting with the British) rebelling against the Catholic Church, & Martin Luther established the Protestant church, which would later brake up into smaller churches, the Catholic church lost over half of Europe, but it gained the New Catholics (being Amerindians, Filipinos, Blacks, Moriscos, & Conversos), today many Iberians (especially Portuguese) have Converso ancestry, while only a few have some Morsico ancestry, mainly in the southern part of the Iberian peninsula (not counting the Canary Islands, Meilia, Madiera, & Ceuta), while only some Spaniards have some Converso ancestry, most of Spain's ancestry is from Old Christian blood (Celtic, Mediterranean, & Germanic blood), some Portuguese from the south part of Portugal, & Azores also have Sub-Saharan African blood, from the Atlantic slave trade, but anyways, going back to this subject, the first modern Anthropologist, was Father Bernardino de Sahagún, who was from the same town (Sahagún, Leon) my earliest known ancestor (Antonio de Villarroel, later changed to Villarruel) was from, my ancestor Antonio, went to Nueva Galicia (now called Jalisco), along with Nuno de Guzman, in the 1500s, & is the ancestral father of the Villarruel's in Mexico & maybe the Southwestern United States, he went to Mexico, & studied Aztec beliefs, culture, & history, he learned Nahuatl, He translated the Psalms, the Gospels, & a catechism into Nahuatl, he's the father of Cultural Anthropology, it could have been possible that I was related to the first Anthropologist, via my ancestor (Antonio), as they were from the same town, which is why I'm so passionate about Anthropology, it's in my blood, of course, only a few studied Anthropology before Blumenbach, such as Immanuel Kant & François Bernier, the first racial classification system was done by François Bernier, around the same time, the British, French, & Spanish already colonized North America, & it's debatable whether it was the Spanish or the British who created the first legal racial classification system, as when Columbus came to the New World, he called the Taino natives, "Indios" Spanish for "Indians" but at that time, India included all of South & Southeast Asia, & in fact, the Filipino Caste System, also classified Austronesians as "Indios" or "Indians", so the Iberians probably thought that any dark Mongoloid was a "Indio" or "Indian", despite the North American Indians being lighter pigmented, but maybe because they were Proto-Mongoloids from the New World, the British & French decided to called them "Indians" as well, but it's unknown whether the Eskimos were called "Orientals" "Chinese" "Indians" or "Eskimos", as they were in the Arctic part of the Americas, but they resembled East Asians more than any other Indigenous American group, probably, due to the fact, that they migrated to the Americas much more recently, so they didn't evolve into another Mongoloid sub-race, so the term "Indian" probably applied to a dark Mongoloid, or Indigenous American, or Proto-Mongoloid, or a mix of all three, Portugal & Spain also started the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, which brought Sub-Saharan African (mainly West African & Bantu peoples) slaves to the New World or Americas, so it's very likely that the Spaniards or Portuguese created the term "white", however due to historical, cultural, & ideological reasons, it's often assumed that the British developed the term "white", the British had a different philosophy than the other colonial powers, as they also believed in settler colonialism, but they also being in artificial genocide of indigenous peoples & racial purity, which is why Mestizos/Mixed-Bloods, Eurasians, & Mulattoes are classified with their non-white races in North America, today, as a Mestizo, I can confirm, this being true, while the Dutch, Danish, Spanish, French, & Portuguese, also believed in settler colonialism, but didn't believe in racial purity or artificial genocide, which is why Criollos (colonial whites from Latin America), Afrikaners (White South Africans mainly of Dutch ancestry), & French-Canadians have a small amount (less than 20%) non-White ancestry, the reason why places like Quebec, have more Whites, is because the indigenous population were smaller & were prone to Old World diseases, unlike the indigenous civilizations of Mexico, Central America, & Northwestern South America, Carl Linnaeus (the founding father of Taxonomy) developed a racial classification system, into four categories, than Johann Blumenbach (the founding father of Biological Anthropology or Physical Anthropology), after, 1850, Anthropology began to be established as an academic discipline in both Europe & North America, the founding fathers of American Anthropology were Dr. Earnest Hooton & Dr. Franz Boas, both influenced their own group of students, Hooton was very Anti-Germanic, very Anti-Nazi, & very Anti-Racist, but still a racialist, he was apolitical, for the most part, while Boas, was obviously very Anti-Nazi, Anti-Racist, & very Zionist, Boas wanted to fit with the Germanics, he wanted to be white, but due to his Jewish (Levantine) ancestry & heritage, he was not accepted by the "Aryans", so he migrated to the US, & rebelled against the White racists, his students also known as "Boasians" made Anthropology into a biased far-left, anti-white, anti-christian, race denialist, & anti-western "scientific" discipline, beginning with Cultural Anthropology, as the Boasian's mainly focus was Cultural Anthropology, while the Boasians were on the left-wing of the political spectrum, the Hootoners were either moderate, apolitical, or leaned a bit to the right-wing of the political spectrum, the two World Wars broke out, during WWI, Germany & the Ottoman Empire lost it's colonial empires, as it's European colonies, Austria-Hungary & Bulgaria also lost their empires, Italy, Britain, France, & Spain gained the North African & Middle Eastern colonies from the Ottoman Empires, while the United States, Britain, & the other Allied powers, gained the colonies that once belonged to the Central Powers, & the Russian Empire evolved into the Soviet Union, this lead to the establishment of the League of Nations, after the Nazis took over Germany, they attempted to bring back the German Empire to the spotlight, at the same time, Italy was enjoying it's colonies in Africa, & Mussolini (founder of Fascism & Prime Minister of Italy) wanted to conquer more, & establish the 3rd Roman Empire, which led to Mussolini & Hitler being great allies, Far-Right Anthropologists such as Gunther, Madison Grant, & Lothrop Stoddard influenced the Nazi's racial thinking, the Nazis saw Japanese as "honorary Aryans", the WWII broke out, after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, because they considered the Slavs being "non-aryan" despite genetic evidence, showing that the Slavs are racially European & fully Caucasoid, we could say it's a similar situation to the Irish Catholics or the Albanian Muslims, all are genetically European & Caucasoid, but due to ideological reasons, they were not considered "White", or "Aryan", meanwhile you have non-European Caucasoid peoples like Lebanese Christians & Copts being considered "white" simply because they are Christian & Caucasoid, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the United States got involved, & the Soviet Union (formerly the Russian Empire), & the United Kingdom took down the Axis Powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, & the Empire of Japan), & because of the consequence other Nazis, such as the Holocaust, the League of Nations was dissolved, & the United Nations was formed, & it's first thing was to combat racism, imperialism, & pseudoscience, so this was the opportunity for the Boasians to gain power, & they did, the Race Question happened in 1950, & Race denialism began to increase in France, North America, & Britain, & by the end of the 20th century, most anthropologists denied race in those geographical regions, but after WWII, the Soviets & Americans began to fight, which lead to the Cold War, so Soviet Anthropologists remained Racialist, & other communist countries such as East Germany, China & Cuba, also promoted Racialism, neutral regions such as Scandinavia, & Latin America (except for Cuba, of course), race was a tossup, while more mixed regions like Mexico, & most of Central & South America denied races, more "pure" regions like the Southern Cone & the Dominican Republic believed in biological races, after the modern American ideologies began to form after WWII, with Conservatism originating from intellectuals like William Buckley. Milton Friedman, Jr, Barry Goldwater, & Ronald Reagan, & Liberalism originating from intellectuals like Martin Luther King Jr, JFK, & Lyndon B. Johnson, after the success of the Reagan era, & the collapse of communism, which Reagan & Pope John Paul II played a huge role it, & it makes sense, since Reagan was a Irish Catholic, & the Pope was a Polish Catholic & a victim of Nazism, both came from oppressed European groups, & the rise of knowledge of brain disorders with Autism (like Dr. Temple Grandin, who came from Old-Stock American British & French ancestry, & who later became a scientist, autism advocate, & life coach), & Bipolar Disorder (Patty Duke, American actress of mainly Irish Catholic ancestry & who later became a life coach & mental health advocate), as well as the rise of Science communication (starting with Dr. Carl Sagan, American astronomer, of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, who was a agnostic & did the show Cosmos & founded the Planetery Society), & finally the World Wide Web (which was invented in 1989, by British computer scientist, Mr. Tim-Berners Lee) which led to the founding of big sites like Google, Yahoo!, & Amazon in the 1990's, but also alt-right sites like American renaissance, & the Racial compact, which led to the Bell Curve being published, which led to the American Anthropological association publishing a statement, originated from race denier anthropologists, like Dr. Loring Brace, along with Evolutionary Biologist & Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, being the biggest race deniers of the late 20th century, then you got Forensic Anthropologists like Dr. George Gill, Dr. Kathy Reichs, & Dr. Bill Bass, who believed in the biological reality of race, but didn't have any racist views, in 1999, the Society for Nordish Phyiscal Anthropology (SNPA) was founded, which served as a foundation for Cyberanthropology, especially Cyberbioanthropology, there has been theories floating over the years, that Agrippa, an German amateur anthropologist who played a huge role in Cyberanthropology forums was one of the students from SNPA, he disappeared from cyberanthropology in 2013, & has not not returned ever since, yet, forums like Skadi & Dodona were founded in the early 2000s, & the last anthropological taxonomy work to be done by a professional Anthropologists, was done by Mr. Andreas Vonderach in 2008, who is German, & has a Master's degree in Anthropology, his father was a sociologist, & there are rumors of him being a far-right anthropologist, however, this has not been confirmed, after the 2016 election, & the rise of the Alt-Right & Right-Wing Populism, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists also published a race denial statement similar to what the AAA did in 1998, I been doing Cyberanthropology & Street Anthropology (or People Watching) since I was 13 (2012), I'm now 21, & I'm currently debating on whether to pursue a professional career in Anthropology, or do to something else, I been think of doing Psychology, Politics, Neuroscience, History, Nursing, Business, Medicine, or Philosophy, as I'm struggling with Asperger's syndrome, ADHD, some mental health issues, GERD, & some sleep disorders, It's currently challenging for me to decide to a college degree, & I'm working on my GED, & my current community college degree in Anthropology, Cyberanthropology made it's way to Facebook in 2014 & 2015, which Races of Man & Anthropology & People around the World, Races of Man, was started by a Neo-Nazi from the United States, who is at least of partial German descent, his group looks down on mixed-race peoples & people with mental & developmental disorders, & non-Caucasoid peoples, the other group, "Anthropology" & People around the World, was created by a right-wing, amateur anthropologist, white-skinned Castizo from Chile, with a lot of Celtic ancestry from Northern Spain & possibly Britain &/or Ireland, but also has Mediterranean ancestry (from Basque country & Southern Spain, & maybe other regions), & Amerindian (from Mapuches & other Amerindian tribes), & maybe other races in there as well, his group also look's down on mixed-race people & people with developmental & mental disorders, & to a lesser extent Women & Non-Caucasoid peoples, at the same time, you got the World of Paleoanthropology, started by an left-leaning amateur white American anthropologist & community college student who denies race, believes gender is a spectrum, believes everything his college teachers say, & is not aware of the History of Anthropology, probably didn't even knew what anthropology was until entering college, the current anthropology forums are Arktos, Anthroscape, the Apricity, & Anthrogenica, Anthroscape & Arktos are neutral forums, the Apricity is a bit right-leaning, but has a lot of race deniers on there as well, it's a mixture there, & Anthrogenica is a race denial forum, the other anthropology Facebook groups are Anthropology People Club (my group), the World of Classification (my friend's group), & Anthropology Club Society (my friend's group), all three groups are neutral & are focused on true & organic anthropology, no political biases there, we acknowledge that race is a biological fact, but that racism is also wrong, Masaman is also a big Anthropology YouTube, runned by an amateur anthropologist, who also believe in biological races, but is also anti-racist.

So what is the point of this post, is to prove society, that race denialism won't end racism, Yes, I do agree, Racism is wrong, & should be erased completely from this society, but race is real, race realism or racialism is the answer, not racism, not race denialism, yes there are different races, we do look different, so what is race, it's a set of physical traits (pigmentation, skull shape, hair type, body type, & facial features) that are genetically inherited, as proven by genetic ancestry tests & genetic clusters, we need to learn to love, accept, respect, & enjoy Human variation, Diversity if beautiful, It's sad that over the past 500 years, it's been really politically corrupted.


Creationism (especially Young Earth Creationism), Boasian Anthropology, the Alt-Right, the Regressive Left, & Critical Race theory are not the solutions to the end of racism, we already tried that for 100 years, & it hasn't haven't worked out, like I already said, loving, respecting, enjoying, & accepting Human variation will end racism, trust me, it's time to stop being politically biased, it's time to stop believing everything the teachers & professors say, & it's time to start thinking critically, I been in this field for 8 years already, I took a cultural anthropology class nearly 2 years ago, & the professor's race denial statement didn't change my opinion on this, because I'm not a gullible college student, & because of that I lost two female classmates from that class as friends on Facebook, race does exist, there are certain different diseases within different people groups, different genetic clusters, DNA tests & Physical Anthropology can tell someone's racial ancestry.


We are all created equal, but different at the same time.

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