Yeah, by all reliable accounts, racism is a historical aberration (mostly) of the northern hemisphere – per development of capitalism – post-1492 AD exported to and established around the global and is still ongoing ... like anthropogenic climate change. — 180 Proof
Between elves and orcs maybe, but humans interbred with literally different races and evolution favors diversity, so its inaccurate on two accounts.That explains mutual distrust/animosity between races*. — TheMadFool
There are different species in nature, not different "races" except as bureucratic categories (castes). — 180 Proof
There are different species in nature, not different "races" except as bureucratic categories (castes). — 180 Proof
Intolerance is cultural survival mechanism where there's a lot of competition. Cultures that lack intolerance will be subsumed.
Racism is a particularly materialistic manifestation of intolerance, and becomes problematic where the "inferior" race has genetically dominant genes. It's a recipe for a holocaust. — frank
German Czechs were subsumed. — frank
They lost their Czech identity. — frank
No, it's not natural. Our ancestors got on peaceably enough. — Kenosha Kid
As far as I can tell, it's pretty much entirely a white person thing, and pretty much entirely directed toward ethnicities who originally hadn't heard of Jesus and couldn't defend themselves against the massive armies of people who had. — Kenosha Kid
I guess things were peaceful enough under Egyptian, Roman, Aztek, Chinese, Assyrian, Persian and Mongul rule. It's true, slavery was based on being conquered rather than skin color, but as long as you paid your taxes to the Emperor/Pharaoh/King, and your religious practices were accepted in the empire, it was all good. — Marchesk
Yeah, because prior to Christianity, everyone in the Middle East got along swell. Jews, Samaritans, Assyrians, Babylonians and Egyptians never had any cause to fight each other. Those damn white Christians, like Jesus and Paul, messed everything up /s. — Marchesk
You're still talking about recent humans, a few thousand years at most. You know we've been around a lot longer than that, right? I mean, a _lot_! — Kenosha Kid
You're still talking about recent humans, a few thousand years at most. You know we've been around a lot longer than that, right? I mean, a _lot_! — Kenosha Kid
Not a lot of Samaritan-on-Assyrian hate these days, you notice. — Kenosha Kid
Also, I know you're straw-man--building, and really badly, so this is largely pointless but I'm pretty sure Jesus and Paul didn't try to colonise Africa. — Kenosha Kid
And here I was talking about _now_ wherein most racism one encounters is by white people, targeted against black people, middle eastern people, Jews, etc — Kenosha Kid
I'm pretty sure Jesus and Paul didn't try to colonise Africa. — Kenosha Kid
lso, I know you're straw-man--building, and really badly — Kenosha Kid
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