Hume dismissed the counterevidence of accomplished Black individuals as parrot-like mimicry.

Evidence

In JAMAICA, indeed, they talk of one negroe as a man of parts and learning; but ’tis likely he is admired for very slender accomplishments, like a parrot, who speaks a few words plainly. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 128

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hume argued Black intellectual inferiority was natural, not environmental — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 128; Hume rejected environmental explanations for African intellectual stagnation — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 129; Counterexamples like educated Francis Williams could not change Hume’s racism — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 246
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Hume argued Black intellectual inferiority was natural, not environmental — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 128; Hume rejected environmental explanations for African intellectual stagnation — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 129; Counterexamples like educated Francis Williams could not change Hume’s racism — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 246