October 10, 2004 at 12:00 am #29866
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Tell that to the Ancient Egyptians. The Sumerians. The Aztecs and Mayans in Mexico. The Kingdoms of Ghana and Mali and Ethiopia in Africa … you get my point. There have been hard-working and productive people in all parts of the globe. The stereotype of lazy tropical people came from European racists who wanted to justify their domination of tropical countries.