From what I understand the modern concept of race arose during the age of colonialism, but before that time, was there any documented accounts of racism against black people by white people?

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Before colonialism, pretty sure there was so little contact between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa that there probably wasn't much opportunity for racism as we know it to exist.

    But I like what someone else said, that hatred and feels of supremacy towards people who look different probably goes back thousands of years, today's racism is just another iteration of that.

        • overeee [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          The natives are black, the whites in north africa are the result of thousands of years of proto colonialist and actual colonialist invaders and are a minority.

          • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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            3 years ago

            Amazigh people would not be considered black. They were part of the Mediterranean world for millennia, like Greeks and Phoenicians and Iberians and Armenians.