European racial hierarchy is ancient, predating modern slavery

Evidence

I said just above that South Africa has a racist structure. Now I shall go farther and say that Europe has a racist structure. It is plain to see that M. Mannoni has no interest in this problem, for he says, “France is unquestionably one of the least racialist-minded countries in the world.” Be glad that you are French, my fine Negro friends, even if it is a little hard, for your counterparts in America are much worse off than you… . France is a racist country, for the myth of the bad nigger is part of the collective unconscious. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Race replaced medieval citizenship as the principle of European social order.; English employers explained Irish wages through racial hierarchy beliefs.; European racism predates African enslavement and originated as intra-European domination (+15 more)

Related

• Race replaced medieval citizenship as the principle of European social order. (similarity 0.95)
• Europe itself, not only its colonies, has a racist structure. (similarity 0.89)
• Racism originated in internal relations among European peoples, not colonial contacts (similarity 0.88)
• European racism predates African enslavement and originated as intra-European domination (similarity 0.88)
• Racial distinctions operate as active structuring principles, not mere historical residues (similarity 0.85)
• Europeans’ racist treatment of Asians marked the real debut of the crime (similarity 0.85)
• Imperialism would have invented racism even without prior race-thinking (similarity 0.84)
• Europeans already possessed race as a ready concept before enslaving Africans (similarity 0.84)
• European racism began as intra-European class domination before it was applied to Africans. (similarity 0.84)
• European racialism originated in intra-European caste ordering, not color (similarity 0.83)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers (similarity 0.83)
• Late-nineteenth-century racial theory was nearly undisputed in European culture (similarity 0.83)
• Racism is rooted in concrete material conditions, not ruling-class conspiracy or error (similarity 0.82)
• European racialism has four analytically distinct historical moments (similarity 0.82)
• England built its history on racial duality while France long asserted national homogeneity (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Racial hierarchy and whiteness were invented inside Europe before modern capitalism #corroborates (0.75)
• Racism is a structural feature of European civilization, not the exception of colonial adventurers #expands (0.70) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 338
• Racism originated in internal relations among European peoples, not colonial contacts #corroborates (0.70)
• Racism against Europeans like the Irish predated color-based slavery #corroborates (0.65)
• European racialism originated in intra-European caste ordering, not color #expands (0.60)
• Medieval Mediterranean slavery foreshadowed Atlantic colonial slavery #expands (0.50)
• European racialism has four analytically distinct historical moments #qualifies (0.50) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 385
• Slavery does not necessarily entail racial categories #qualifies (0.50)