Monogenesis held all humans one species while ranking whites most perfect

Evidence

A full-blown debate on the origins of humans had exploded into the European world during the American Revolution. Backing up Blumenbach against Long and Lord Kames was none other than the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, soon to be widely heralded for his legendary Critique of Pure Reason. Kant lectured on “the rule of Buffon,” that all humans were one species from the “same natural genus.” Europe was the cradle of humanity, “where man … must have departed the least from his original formation.” The inhabitant of Europe had a “more beautiful body, works harder, is more jocular, more controlled in his passions, more intelligent than any other race of people in the world,” Kant lectured. “Humanity is at its greatest perfection in the race of whites.” — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 266

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concrete example of how monogenesis (single-species) could still be fully racist — a useful datum for distinguishing polygenesis from racist hierarchy itself.
• XREF: Refutes the modern implicit assumption that ‘same species’ egalitarian position; connects to Kendi’s scheme where assimilationist positions can still rank.