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A 1929 American novel exhibiting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_racism">scientific racism</a> and cultural obtuseness in its depiction of the savagery and violence in a fictional pre-historic society, described as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniometry#Cranial_capacity,_races_and_19th%E2%80%9320th-century_scientific_ideas">brachycephalic</a> and with heavily-emphasized brown skin. A 1944 re-print in the volume 6, № 2 September issue of the magazine *Famous Fantastic Mysteries* is <a href="https://archive.org/details/Famous_Fantastic_Mysteries_v06_n02_1944-09.Popular_cape1736_edit/page/n7/mode/2up">available at the Internet Archive</a>.
The Day of the Brown Horde: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This 1929 novel contains deeply racist ideology presented as scientific fact, depicting a prehistoric society through a lens of white supremacist pseudoscience. The content includes violence and dehumanization rooted in racial prejudice that is offensive and harmful by any standard.
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This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include genocide, graphic violence, and racism (see the full list above).
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This book is not appropriate for young readers and contains racist ideologies that are offensive and harmful.