"Race Types"

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I was going through my Great Grandmother's old school books, and found this 
"Race Types" plate in Maury's New Complete Geography, copyright 1906.  Almost 
any viewpoint from the past will be interesting for the contrast to current 
thought, and race issues especially so. In this case, it's interesting who 
they chose to highlight as a race, ie, "Scotch Highlander."  Also, this books 
groups Anglo-Saxon, Arab, Hebrew, Russian, and others all as "Caucasian," and 
classifies American Negro as "Ethiopian."  Is 2008 better or worse than 1906? 
 
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