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2022-11-05 00:51:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AF54BC1F87FB1CC34EA514CEDE1F77BBAED4FC43450C3ADCEB9C3AA8CDB928E5
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Original Note:
Maimonides did not say this, or make any other statement about "black colored people" or "those who resemble them in their climates". This passage is an edited version of a simile Maimonides made about people who have no religion. https://www.sefaria.org/Guide_for_the_Perplexed%2C_Part_3.51.3 Longer explanation by Rabbi Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2016/08/no-rambam-was-not-racist-or-allegory-of.html
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