An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races

An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races by Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau is an early and significant work defining the concept of Scientific racism and White supremacy.

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Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau - Scientific racism - White supremacy

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Dr. Josiah Clark Nott translated Arthur de Gobineau's "Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines" into English. Nott later became a leader of the polygenist movement, suggesting that Whites and Blacks were two distinct species.

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Josiah Clark Nott - Polygenist

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Gobineau's work has been continuously republished, most recently by contemporary White supremacist groups such as the now defunct Noontide Press.

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• Gobineau, Arthur (Count Joseph Arthur de Gobineau) and Adrian Collins. 1983. The Inequality of Human Races. Second edition, reprint. Torrance, Calif.: Noontide Press.