Here's a bit of trivia: One of the first people to do serious research 
that fractured the "science" of racial distinctions was William Dean 
Howells's grandson, William W. Howells, who I knew. In his old age, his 
appearance and posture began to look more and more like his 
grandfather's.

Kevin
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Scott Holmes" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 8/1/2022 2:37:43 PM
Subject: Racism, in general

>The so-called races that humans have been grouped into are cultural constructs and can not be reliably used to distinguish different ethnographic and/or cultural groups and definitely cannot be used to separate people into distinct biological groups.  Variations in melanin is notoriously variable throughout the world - not specific people of African descent.  Anyone that believes racial groupings are valid is a racist.  Sam Clemens was a racist, but as he got older the differences in the so-called racial distinctions became less important to him - except perhaps for a possible sense of guilt.  He most definitely maintained that Native Americans were an inferior peoples.
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>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains my favorite all-time book.
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>-- /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/
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