Race and democratic society / Franz Boas.

  • Franz Boas
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[1945]
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Credit: Race and democratic society / Franz Boas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and educated in Germany, can never hope to speak German faultlessly. Nazi physicists repudiate relativity because it was formulated by Einstein, a Jew. Professor Bieberbach of the University of Berlin insists that there is a Jewish approach to mathematics. And Professor Lenard, Nobel Prize winner, pro¬ claims his deep conviction that only the “Nordics” have made valuable contributions to science. We are not free from these tendencies in the United States. There is a rising tide of race prejudice and especially of anti- Semitism and anti-Catholicism. The obvious remedy is educa¬ tion—teaching the indisputable fact that color of skin, class, religious belief, geographical or national origin are no tests of social adaptability. Yet, in the face of this need, we find schools and colleges limiting the number of Jewfish teachers and students. It is time to restate the beliefs of the founders of this nation and drive home again the democratic principle that a citizen is to be judged solely by the readiness with which he fits himself into the social structure and by the value of his contributions to the country’s development.
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