Listen, if anyone uses Viking or Celtic or w/e arguments to justify racism or say that white folks have it bad....
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I will say that Vikings were depicted as "The Other" in certain circumstances. But just so we're clear, they were an invading force.
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So yes, Vikings were often depicted in poor lights. But consider that they were written by people who were under threat by them.
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And the Vikings, when it came to religion, tended to be pretty open about conversion and such.
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A large group of them converted to Islam AFAIK. I can't recall the text that detailed it, I believe it was a Syrian historian?
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