"Did Race and Racism Exist in the Middle Ages?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Mar 2026 2:07 p.m. PST |
"For generations, race studies scholars—historians and literary critics alike—believed that race and its pernicious spawn racism were modern-day phenomena only. This is because race was originally defined in biological terms, and believed to be determined by skin color, physiognomy, and genetic inheritance. The more astute, however, came to realize race could also be a matter of cultural classification, as Ann Stoler's study of the colonial Dutch East Indies makes plain…"
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| JMcCarroll | 12 Mar 2026 4:41 p.m. PST |
So true! Everyone got along with each other it was just one big happy planet. Ohh wait… maybe that was a Disney movie I watched.
Thank God that was not true or we would not be wargaming now. |
| doc mcb | 13 Mar 2026 4:55 a.m. PST |
Ethnocentrism is a survival trait. We can redefine what "like me" means, but we all feel uneasy around people whom we cannot "read" because they are not "like me." |
14Bore  | 13 Mar 2026 12:27 p.m. PST |
Saw Disney Ice Age and everyone got along together |
| Tango01 | 13 Mar 2026 5:20 p.m. PST |
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