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Las Casas and Racial Politics Origins by verymeanmice is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Diego von Vacano argues that Bartolomé de Las Casas was a pivotal figure in the conceptualization of race within political thought, primarily through his rhetorical efforts to defend the rights of Amerindians. Las Casas constructed racial categories that framed indigenous peoples as part of the human race, challenging prevailing views of their subhuman status. His work illustrates that the idea of race emerged as a political construct rather than a biological one, laying the groundwork for modern understand
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