Blumenbach sám svou koncepci nevnímal jako rasistickou a ostře protestoval proti „rasistickým“ názorům některých jiných badatelů své doby (Christoph Meiners, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring), kteří tvrdili, že některé rasy jsou méněcenné.
Johann FriedrichBlumenbach was a German anthropologist, physiologist, and comparative anatomist, frequently called the father of physical anthropology, who proposed one of the earliest classifications of the races of mankind.
Blumenbach was perhaps still more extensively known by his admirable Handbuch of comparative anatomy, of which the German editions were numerous, from its appearance in 1805 to 1824.
"Later in life Blumenbach encountered in Switzerland 'eine zum Verlieben schönen Négresse' ('a negro woman beautiful enough to fall in love with'). Further anatomical study led him to the conclusion that 'individual Africans differ as much…