Ive edited out some of your more inflammatory remarks. Again, Norsemaiden, comparing a race to wild rabbits, and then stating those that are civilized, are civilized due to their white slave blood, is not a good idea (these were all comments made in her original, now edited post). Please, stop making these comments! Think before you post such things; there are other ways of stating these ideas than calling people wild rabbits. And, I think both FInal Product and I, are at the last straw with you and some of these outwardly racist conspiracies you bring up with every post. So, final warning.
I am leaving the thread open, because a number of German philosophers: from Hegel to Schopenhauer, all said the same thing, but in a more refined manner than Norsemaiden.
In fact, the famed black academic Henry Louis Gates Jr, wrote a book and filmed a PBS T.V. program, searching for a learned African civilization to prove these German philosopher's wrong. What he found, was that Timbuktu in Mali had a flourishing academic community, and it was a flourishing civlization. Norsemaiden's claims may actualy have some credence, due to the fractured tribal nature of most African countries, has perhaps, or did, stall the process of civilization. But, I think this is clearly a product of culture, not of intelligence. I know a handful of Africans that are incredibly intelligent and civilized people who bemoan the direction and nature of politics and society in their homelands.
