I'm kinda curious: since racism seems to be tribal-racial human default, where/when did non-racism first appear as general civic norm/value?
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. I'd bet earliest locale was along Bronze-Age Silk Road. Europe didn't get seriously multi-racial till imperial Rome I think
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you're getting too abstract. Many practical multi-racial regions shaped by demands of Silk Road trade very early
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yes which is why the earliest where/when of an explicit norm is interesting
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If non-racism = right to intermarry, own property & hold power--might be modern times. Multicultural societies have long existed...
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that's too legalistic and specific. I'm thinking general recognition of Others as humans rather than subhuman.
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historically, pre-tribal bands were egalitarian, true tribes were inegalitarian... Equality is a different dimension I think


