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2022-11-04 16:42:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C29933B86BE3A0E63D1EC62DA568FED4E872911BB66095BE5AA459589A3D0F24
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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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