Pre-European Racism - Page 2

Marelo · 01-08-2009, 05:48 AM

I've run into people who think Europeans invented racism. As in, flat out nobody else in the world's history was racist until the European brand came about.

Is that valid? I think not, but I can't even find a single source contradicting that view. The absence of any sort of evidence to the contrary leads me to question whether it's true.

So, with an aim of deciding one way or the other, I come here, to Discussion. The topic is, of course, whether Europeans "invented" racism.

The closest I've found to evidence against this view is this, which says, initially, that many cultures preferred lighter skin tones prior to European contact, but then goes on to explicitly state that racism came only from Europe.

01-08-2009, 05:48 AM	#1
Marelo Napoleon Impersonator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 816	Pre-European Racism I've run into people who think Europeans invented racism. As in, flat out nobody else in the world's history was racist until the European brand came about. Is that valid? I think not, but I can't even find a single source contradicting that view. The absence of any sort of evidence to the contrary leads me to question whether it's true. So, with an aim of deciding one way or the other, I come here, to Discussion. The topic is, of course, whether Europeans "invented" racism. The closest I've found to evidence against this view is this, which says, initially, that many cultures preferred lighter skin tones prior to European contact, but then goes on to explicitly state that racism came only from Europe.