The Alpine race is a historical concept used in scientific racism as one of the three sub-races of the Caucasian race. The term is obsolete today, but was popular in the early 20th century.
Read more about Alpine Race: History, Physical Appearance, Geography and Origin, European Racial Types (Ripley)
Famous quotes containing the words alpine and/or race:
“Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“Seeing their children touched and seared and wounded by race prejudice is one of the heaviest crosses which colored women have to bear.”
—Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954)