This is a guess: I assume if people really think race and racism were invented in the last couple of centuries, then they would need to argue that there is very little evidence of discrimination by skin colour in the Roman Empire. …
Wasn't that the case? Unsure but it seems to have been less a deal maybe (???????????????????)
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God, I'm no historian. I don't know. But several things: Discrimination by skin colour isn't the only form of racism. Look at East Asia! Never mind Asia. Look at Europe! …
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… The aforementioned lack of really good records, especially of what people outside official channels thought at the time. I think this is the biggest problem. Just look at the difference between what people say on the record and in their living rooms even today.
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… Back in the day, I've been called "slant eyes" and had my foot stepped on by total strangers in public, in Toronto. Pretty sure the kind of guy who does such a thing wasn't influenced by the leading thinkers of the enlightenment.
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… Upon reflection, my parting shot is wrong. Leading thinkers of the enlightenment influenced establishment thinking, which influenced opinion makers all over, which eventually trickles down to even people paying relatively little attention. https://twitter.com/Small_and_Quiet/status/1008916402143682560 …
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From what I can tell, it was more of a matter of "discrimination based on birthplace". First emperor born not in Italy was Claudius, in modern-day Lyons, followed by Septimius Severus in Libya, Caracalla in Lyons and, and Macrinus in Mauretania
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(and after that, Elagabalus, born in Syria, possibly dysphoric and certainly had gender issues, I need to look more into that)
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