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From: Andrew Rodger <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] South West Africa
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:14:24 +1100
In-Reply-To: <4046D59E.7C18A90B@slingshot.co.nz>


I had a look at the stormfront site.

This purports to cover only white history and starts from the assumption
that ALL civilization is dependent on racial homogeneity. It also says
that the "white" race is descended from Cro-Magnon rather than from Homo
Erectus or Neanderthal. Now this may well be true but the way it is
presented suggests that the non-white races are not so descended (and by
implication are inferior). It also debunks the notion of environmental
factors being crucial in individual human development.

As a corrective, let me cite the case of Professor Radebe, who taught
mathematics at Fort Hare 50 years ago. He was a foundling, found dumped
by the roadside as an infant wrapped in a "red blanket", and taken to
Lovedale where he was brought up and educated. He became a proficient
mathematician and (as a useful sideline in a small town where there was
nobody else available to do radio repairs) had an instinctive affinity
with the mysteries of electronics. Looks to me like a case of all
environment/nurture, no genetic/nature in his development!

I note that the book on this site is no longer available in print form,
which suggests that it did not find much of a sale but its author still
wants to keep it in the public eye. The name of the site is suggestive,
and may be an exception to the general rule that "on the internet nobody
knows you are a dog"!

On Thursday, March 4, 2004, at 06:07 PM, Sarah wrote (snip):

> . . . engagement from the South African side was into South west Africa.
> http://www.stormfront.org/whitehistory/hwr56iii.htm

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