>>2660416>>2660401The Americans invented racism in th 17th century, fucking historically illiterate white supremacist
>Theodore W. Allen, "The Invention of the White Race" (Verso, 1994) analyzes primary legal documents from the Virginia coloniesconfirms the term "White" did not appear in legal statutes until 1691
prior to this, Europeans identified as "Christians," "English," or "Free" the label was a political invention by the ruling class after Bacon's Rebellion to split the labor force
>Benjamin Isaac, "The Invention of Racism in Classical Antiquity" (2004)>Greeks and Romans didn't identify as "white" they actually mocked the Northern Europeans (Gauls/Germans) for being "too pale" and "chalky"they viewed their own olive/ruddy skin tones as the superior "mean" between the pale north and dark south
>Nell Irvin Painter, "The History of White People" (2010)L details how the classification of "Caucasian" wasn't formalized until Blumenbach in the late 18th century
projecting a unified "white" identity onto the 14th century is ahistorical coping