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Les Miserables is being revived on Broadway in March with two black actors playing two lead roles. This made me wonder: What were racial diversity and racial tension actually like in early 1800s France?

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It's common knowledge that Hitler blamed Jews for Germany's problems in the early 1900s. I'm curious about the specifics of this blame and how Hitler managed to convince so many people of the Jews' 'fault'.

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What did conversations about modesty in dress look like in the 1950s Europe (and US)?

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Les Miserables is being revived on Broadway in March with two black actors playing two lead roles. This made me wonder: What were racial diversity and racial tension actually like in early 1800s France?	172
It's common knowledge that Hitler blamed Jews for Germany's problems in the early 1900s. I'm curious about the specifics of this blame and how Hitler managed to convince so many people of the Jews' 'fault'.	72
What did conversations about modesty in dress look like in the 1950s Europe (and US)?	1