Working on another deadline, but will write something about this by the weekend, hopefullyhttps://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1004144583360557056 …
I didn't mean they had racial classifications but other ones -- in Middle Ages what was important was your religious ID (obviously some overlap with ethnicity)
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Sure, but this is where I find it quite interesting that Othello (obvs post-medieval but definitely pre-Enlightenment) cannot quite shed his racial "otherness" despite being a Christian and a loyal Venetian.
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At one point, Brabantio says that if Othello can get away with his supposed seduction of Desdemona, "bond-slaves and pagans shall our statesmen be." A very telling passage, in that, the moment Othello has "crossed the line," he reverts to being a slave AND a pagan.
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