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Tukuler
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A US military training manual describes Saudis as having “Negro blood” in their ancestry

The military has a history of offensive material in their documents.

https://www.vox.com/2018/10/30/18042158/saudi-arabia-usa-military-hasan-minhaj-netflix

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Interesting too bad they attribute a certain African phenotype to slavery.
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Well... they invented the word. They know to use it I guess.

See the entry NEGRO in
Asante and Mazama (eds) (2005)
Encyclopedia of Black Studies
Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications
[ https://books.google.com/books?id=VF45DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT402
https://books.google.com/books?id=VF45DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT403

https://kisslibrary.com/book/7E51C74FC203DEF7C77E?utm_source=o14-bdl2-0825_1-5
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/encyclopedia-of-black-studies/book225679]


And I'll always recommend
Richard B Moore (1960)
The Name "Negro": it's origin and evil use
New York: Argentina Press
[ http://www.blackclassicbooks.com/9780933121355/
and Google Books previews a couple chapters]

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Richard B Moore (1960)
The Name "Negro": it's origin and evil use
New York: Argentina Press
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