How Race was invented

[MischievousMonkey]

 

[OfTheCross]

 

[OfTheCross]

This shyt been great. Lots of documentary evidence

 

[Jcotton1]

Social construct learned in class.

 

[Cynic]

It started in england with the anti-jewish sentiment.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Haven't watched the video, but I'm gonna go with the Crusades / Golden Age of Islam / Al-Andalus for $500, Alex.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Arab and North African contact with "Black" africans set the stage for what Europeans did later but the concept of race(s) was acknowledged before that

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Arab and North African contact with "Black" africans set the stage for what Europeans did later but the concept of race(s) was acknowledged before that

By who?

 

[IllmaticDelta]

By who?

ancient egyptians acknowledged phenotypical racial differences

 

[Virtuous_Brotha]

Interesting that "black" and "white" people are referred to in the Quran. A lot of people seem to have the narrative of identifying with skin colour is solely a western trait

 

[MischievousMonkey]

ancient egyptians acknowledged phenotypical racial differences

Did those differences carry the same implications race does in terms of hereditary traits among particular groups? Legit asking because I don't know.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Interesting that "black" and "white" people are referred to in the Quran. A lot of people seem to have the narrative of identifying with skin colour is solely a western trait

They're forgetting sentiments that were prevalent in Asia before colonization. I think color played a significant role in caste systems and status perception.

 

[Amo Husserl]

Maybe there was an agreement between Arabs and Europeans specifically.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Did those differences carry the same implications race does in terms of hereditary traits among particular groups? Legit asking because I don't know.

AEs acknowledged phenotypical racial differences but what you're asking about, IMO started with Arabs/North Africans (non-Egyptians)

 

[MischievousMonkey]

AEs acknowledged phenotypical racial differences but what you're asking about, IMO started with Arabs/North Africans (non-Egyptians)

Can we really call those phenotypical differences racial then? I'd say they definitely associated some physical traits with particular groups, but without them pairing these traits with specific hereditary behaviors or qualities, I don't think it reflects a racial outlook on differences.