What Jared Diamond thinks about racism

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Geographer at the University of California, Los Angeles; author of Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), Collapse (2005) and Upheaval (2019).

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2 dated positions, c. 1997–2005, in their own words. Our reading of what Jared Diamond has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1997–2005

   Our readingHistory took different courses because of environments, not biological differences between peoples

   Their wordsHistory followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.

   ↗Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (W. W. Norton, 2005 edition; first published 1997)archive.org All 7 from this book

3. c. 1997–2005

   Our readingRacist explanations of history are not only loathsome but wrong

   Their wordsThe objection to such racist explanations is not just that they are loathsome, but also that they are wrong.

   ↗Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (W. W. Norton, 2005 edition; first published 1997)archive.org All 7 from this book