Greco-Roman antiquity developed no doctrines of white superiority

Evidence

[S]ocial intercourse did not give rise among the Greeks and Romans to the color prejudice of certain later western societies. The Greeks and Romans developed no doctrines of white superiority unsupported by facts or theoretical justifications for a color bar. … The presence of large numbers of Negroes in a white society, according to some modern views, gives rise to anti-Negro feeling. Ethiopians were far from rare sights in the Greco-Roman, particularly the Roman, world. Yet the intense color prejudice of the modern world was lacking. Although it is impossible to estimate the Negro element in the classical world in terms of precise statistics, it is obvious that the Black population in Greece and Italy was larger than has been generally realized. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 444 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Greco-Roman societies lacked systematic color prejudice — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 444; Large Black populations in Greco-Roman society did not produce modern color prejudice; Race lacks a singular transhistorical essence and is not fully determined by economics

Related

• Greco-Roman societies lacked systematic color prejudice (similarity 0.93)
• Large Black populations in Greco-Roman society did not produce modern color prejudice (similarity 0.91)
• Large Black populations in Rome did not produce color prejudice. (similarity 0.89)
• Conflict with Africans did not produce racial ideology in Rome. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Greco-Roman societies lacked systematic color prejudice #corroborates (0.85) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 444
• Large Black populations in Greco-Roman society did not produce modern color prejudice #corroborates (0.80)
• Race lacks a singular transhistorical essence and is not fully determined by economics #expands (0.60)