Most whites had abhorent views on race at certain points in the past (probably not before 1500 though, unless Medieval antisemitism counts) but that is weak evidence that most people did, since whites were always a minority. Iâm not sure many of us know what if any racial views people held in Nigeria, Iran, China or India in 1780.
I seem to remember learning about rampant racism in China helping to cause the Taiping rebellion? And there are enormous amounts of racism and sectarianism today outside Western countriesâlook at the Rohingya genocide, the Rwanda genocide, the Nigerian civil war, the current Ethiopian civil war, and the Lebanese political crisis for a few examples.
Every one of these examples should be taken with skepticism as this is far outside my area of expertise. But while I agree with the sentiment that we often conflate the history of the world with the history of white people, Iâm not sure itâs true in this specific case.
Yeah, youâre probably right. Itâs just I got a strong âhistory=Western historyâ vibe from the comment I was responding to, but maybe that was unfair!
iâd be pretty surprised if almost everyone didnât have strongly racist views in 1780. Anti-black views are very prevalent in India and China today, as I understand it. eg Gandhi had pretty racist attitudes.
Most whites had abhorent views on race at certain points in the past (probably not before 1500 though, unless Medieval antisemitism counts) but that is weak evidence that most people did, since whites were always a minority. Iâm not sure many of us know what if any racial views people held in Nigeria, Iran, China or India in 1780.
I seem to remember learning about rampant racism in China helping to cause the Taiping rebellion? And there are enormous amounts of racism and sectarianism today outside Western countriesâlook at the Rohingya genocide, the Rwanda genocide, the Nigerian civil war, the current Ethiopian civil war, and the Lebanese political crisis for a few examples.
Every one of these examples should be taken with skepticism as this is far outside my area of expertise. But while I agree with the sentiment that we often conflate the history of the world with the history of white people, Iâm not sure itâs true in this specific case.
Yeah, youâre probably right. Itâs just I got a strong âhistory=Western historyâ vibe from the comment I was responding to, but maybe that was unfair!
iâd be pretty surprised if almost everyone didnât have strongly racist views in 1780. Anti-black views are very prevalent in India and China today, as I understand it. eg Gandhi had pretty racist attitudes.