Lighter Skin = Better?

[thesummerqueen]

guns germs and steel is a book that simply furthers the racist theory of enviromental determinism and can be considered quite racist as it's conclusion is the same as the OP that lighter skin societies are better and it's because of the enviroment and "here's why"..... the truth is societies with the smallest/defunct male genitalia are the most inherently violent and therefore focus more on developing technology and killing eachother rather than lying in sun eating and having sex any alien intelligent lifebeing would easily say darker skin is far more "civilized"

That's whacked. How is having a favored environment racist?

I think it's the book the posits that whites 'evolved' in environments suitable for pack animals, and thus it put them in a higher position.