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"Polite society" or "polite circles" just means the upper class. It was 1914, polite society was all about colonialism and "scientific racism." I actually read
by UrMomReadsHN 12y ago
"Polite society" or "polite circles" just means the upper class.
It was 1914, polite society was all about colonialism and "scientific racism." I actually read a excerpt of a textbook from that time period. The excerpt was "the races of man," crazy stuff.