In Nature Knows No Color-Line, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem.
This book argues that many instances of the contributions of black people had been left out of the history books, and gives many examples..
Societies developed myths and prejudices in order to pursue their own interests at the expense of other groups.
According to Rogers, color prejudice was then used a rationale for domination, subjugation and warfare.
He believed that color prejudice generally evolved from issues of domination and power between two physiologically different groups.
Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisions--all humans belong to one race.
In Nature Knows No Color-Line, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem