1969 Quote by Wilhelm Reich
““Race theorists, who are as old as imperialism itself, want to achieve racial purity in peoples whose interbreeding, as a result of the expansion of world economy, is so far advanced that racial purity can have meaning only to a numbskull.””
About This Quote
Source Book: The Function of the Orgasm by Wilhelm Reich, 1927
Attempts at racial purity are futile in an interconnected world; such ideas are absurd.
In simple terms: Racial purity is impossible today.
Reject notions of racial purity.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- social policy
- education
- human rights advocacy
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- Why do purity myths endure?
- How can societies counteract these beliefs?
Extremist ideas persist despite evidence.