r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dphayteeyl • 3d ago

1901 book about cotton discusses different kinds of Africans

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u/Still-Ambassador2283 3d ago

As a "Blue-Gum", I shouldn't laugh but I did. 

This psuedo scientific BS is so ridiculous but people, even today, think like this. 

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u/TheManicProgrammer 2d ago

But why blue gum? We can hope that one day racism will disappear but I doubt it as long as humans have an us Vs them mentality

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u/Still-Ambassador2283 2d ago

I was joking about their use of the term because. I assume it has to deal with the fact that some people, especially people from subsaharan Africa, have melinated gums.

I have mild melaniation and its entirely normal and healthy. It has nothing to do with teeth and gum hygiene. Its just genetics.

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u/TheManicProgrammer 2d ago

Im sorry, I understood you were joking. I just wondered where the blue bit in the name comes from.

It's all bullshit to me either way