This essay uncovers how Europe created the idea of “whiteness” to solve a moral crisis: how to commit brutality while believing in its own righteousness. It follows the rise of racial ideology from empire to law to pseudoscience — revealing the blueprint that still structures society today.

This essay uncovers how Europe created the idea of “whiteness” to solve a moral crisis: how to commit brutality while believing in its own righteousness. It follows the rise of racial ideology from empire to law to pseudoscience — revealing the blueprint that still structures society today.

Episode 2: The Invention of "Whiteness"

Unlearning Race explains the origins of race, how racial categories were created, and how those ideas continue to influence society. Each brief episode teaches one piece of the history we were never taught and challenges the assumptions we take for granted.

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Unlearning Race explains the origins of race, how racial categories were created, and how those ideas continue to influence society. Each brief episode teaches one piece of the history we were never taught and challenges the assumptions we take for granted.

Unlearning Race&nbsp;explains the origins of race, how racial categories were created, and how those ideas continue to influence society. Each brief episode teaches one piece of the history we were never taught and challenges the assumptions we take for granted.

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Episode 2: The Invention of "Whiteness"

Episode 2: The Invention of "Whiteness"