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Re:Archaeologists Ask Netflix to Reclassify Graham Hancock’s... by DontchaKnowit on Monday December 05, 2022 @12:59AM (#33862005)
Howso? I thought he tackled it just fine. Heres a refutation for ya then :

1) the claim of racism is a claim about the intent of the alleged racist. What makes us think Hancock thinks X civilization wasnt capable of Y feat because of their race? Has he ever said anything remotely like that? He hasnt. Furthermore, whats to say that the civilization that he posits actually accomplishes feat Y is not the same race as cilivation X? Hes never said as much.

The racism bullshit is tiring as fuck. And by that I mean actual racism and flippant accusations of racism are old hat. Very tiresome.

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Re:Archaeologists Ask Netflix to Reclassify Graham Hancock’s... by jcranmer on Monday December 05, 2022 @01:29AM (#33862197)
> Furthermore, whats to say that the civilization that he posits actually accomplishes feat Y is not the same race as cilivation X? Hes never said as much.

In his first book on the topic, he did specifically make the point that the advanced culture was "white", although to his credit, he hasn't explicitly repeated that since.

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