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A bit of explanation about nazi 'racism'...for anyone with an attention span.
27 Jun 2022 5:36 pm
Comparatively speaking...based on modern use of the word 'racism'...the nazis were far less racist than even the usa at the time...and arguably even today.
Nazi 'race science' really only divided humans into 2 groups: Aryans and semites.
It was NOT biologically based...for example the Japanese were regarded as Aryan. It was a spiritual distinction. Aryan were builders while semites were parasitic by nature.
The sort of in depth scientific biological framing of race was much more of an American phenomenon.
Nazis really never had anything to say about...for example...blacks. they did, however, criticize fdr for failing to sign the anti lynching bill. The nazis had absolutely no problem with Jessie Owens winning the gold medal in the 1936 Berlin olympics...and if the Olympics had been held in the usa at the time, he would not have even been allowed to compete..
Julius evola...a famous italian fascist...said quite explicitly that it was possible for a black man to have an Aryan soul...albeit rare...but he was not a nazi and thr nazis regarded him to be a bit of a kook. The Italian fascists with regard to Africans were in fact a bit more racist than German nazis...and there is plenty of evidence was not a big fan of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
This is not me trying to be an apologist for nazis. In fact I rather predictably have more of an American biological concept of race...I just want to set the record straight here...all you people who were told how racist the nazis were have simply been lied to. You could certainly call them anti semites...but the vast majority had nothing similar to the modern concept of race. They really did not care about skin color (indeed...jews aren't exactly black)
Nazi 'race science' really only divided humans into 2 groups: Aryans and semites.
It was NOT biologically based...for example the Japanese were regarded as Aryan. It was a spiritual distinction. Aryan were builders while semites were parasitic by nature.
The sort of in depth scientific biological framing of race was much more of an American phenomenon.
Nazis really never had anything to say about...for example...blacks. they did, however, criticize fdr for failing to sign the anti lynching bill. The nazis had absolutely no problem with Jessie Owens winning the gold medal in the 1936 Berlin olympics...and if the Olympics had been held in the usa at the time, he would not have even been allowed to compete..
Julius evola...a famous italian fascist...said quite explicitly that it was possible for a black man to have an Aryan soul...albeit rare...but he was not a nazi and thr nazis regarded him to be a bit of a kook. The Italian fascists with regard to Africans were in fact a bit more racist than German nazis...and there is plenty of evidence was not a big fan of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
This is not me trying to be an apologist for nazis. In fact I rather predictably have more of an American biological concept of race...I just want to set the record straight here...all you people who were told how racist the nazis were have simply been lied to. You could certainly call them anti semites...but the vast majority had nothing similar to the modern concept of race. They really did not care about skin color (indeed...jews aren't exactly black)