What is Hamitic?
'''Hamitic theory''' is an outdated [[theory]] that claims that so called ''hamitic'' [[Race (sociology)|race]] is [[Racism|superior to]] the [[negroid]] races on the [[Africa|African continent]]. John Hanning Speke started the theory. [[Karl Richard Lepsius]] and Carl Meinhof extended the theory – they used [[Language|languages]] to divide people into Hamitic or non-Hamitic. Such categorization is no longer in use today. ==Alternative theories== Another way they classified people into hamitic or non-hamitic is by ethnic roots. Negroid people are perceived as Shemetic{{clarification|date=December 2024}} as opposed to the Hamitic [[Ethiopia|Ethiopian]], [[Sudan|Sudanese]], and some other West African ethnic groups as attested by the [[genealogy]] of ancient ethnic lineages. For instance, a person who has ancestry from [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] would be considered closer to a Hamite than a person whose ancestry is in Africa.{{cn|date=December 2024}} Ironically, the Hamites include some of the darkest sub-Saharan African groups like the Nilotes that were considered closest to Europeans as opposed to the [[Chadic languages|Chadic]] [[Sub-Saharan Africa|sub-Saharan Africans]] who share a common RB1 lineage.{{clarification|date=December 2024}} This theory also included giving classes to those members of the negroid races of Africa upon [[Scramble for Africa|colonization]]. This, in part, contributed to the [[Rwandan genocide]], which pitted the [[Tutsi|Tutsis]] against the [[Hutu|Hutus]], despite their tension having been small.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ==Related pages== * [[Semites]] * [[Scientific racism]] * [[Rwandan genocide denial]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Race]] [[Category:Racism]] [[Category:East Africa]] [[Category:Mediterranean]] [[Category:History of Africa]]